Jun 18, 2006 16:51
17 yrs ago
English term
sadik
One must try to discipline oneself is
Non-PRO
English
Art/Literary
Linguistics
One must try to discipline oneself is one is to train for something like a marathon.
Hello, I think the above sentence needs a "that" at the beginning of the sentence. Is the sentence OK as is? Or is it unacceptable? and what about the construction? Is it OK and meaningful too?
Hello, I think the above sentence needs a "that" at the beginning of the sentence. Is the sentence OK as is? Or is it unacceptable? and what about the construction? Is it OK and meaningful too?
Responses
+15
3 mins
Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
&
English
United Kingdom
Translator since 1953
Native in: English
Works in: Russian to English, German to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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197
Selected
The first "is" should be "if"
One must try to discipline oneself if one is to train for something like a marathon.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
+10
3 mins
if one is to train
the first "is" is a typo
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Walter Landesman
1 min
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| agree |
Tony M
3 mins
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| agree |
Angela Dickson (X)
7 mins
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| agree |
Can Altinbay
15 mins
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| agree |
Michael Barnett
18 mins
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| agree |
Peter Shortall
28 mins
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| agree |
Richard Benham
1 hr
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| agree |
Carolina Carabecho
1 hr
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| agree |
Leny Vargas
2 hrs
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| agree |
anastasia t (X)
2 days 13 hrs
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+4
6 mins
David Russi
United States
United States
Native in English
&
English
Works in field
United States
30+ years, stopped counting...
Native in: English 
, Spanish
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
Related KudoZ points
:
21
If you are going to train for something like a marathon, ...
you must be disciplined.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Angela Dickson (X)
: yes, as the others said//I don't get the impression the asker was asking for a rewrite
5 mins
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| agree |
Can Altinbay
: One must avoid "one" if one is writing for the US. :-)
14 mins
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| agree |
cmwilliams (X)
39 mins
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| agree |
Leny Vargas
2 hrs
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9 mins
...oneself if one is going to train for something like....
1st "if" a typo and you need "going to"
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Angela Dickson (X)
: agree that it's a typo but I don't think the 'going' is necessary at all
1 min
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| neutral |
Can Altinbay
: With Angela. "going to" is optional and frankly, I prefer without.
10 mins
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