(April 23, 2015 at 1:31 pm)Alex K Wrote:(April 23, 2015 at 1:10 pm)Pyrrho Wrote: It isn't excessive. However, it is optional, as Ben Davis stated.I get that it is optional, I just wasn't sure whether the options are: do both 1. and 2. or neither, or whether I can pick and choose.
You can pick and choose, depending on the exact effect desired. (I suppose I should mention, I am not an authority on English grammar. So trust, but verify.)
(April 23, 2015 at 1:31 pm)Alex K Wrote: ...
Quote:Since it is optional, you are not wrong to leave it off. So you are going to have to do something else to try to convince us that you are not really a native speaker of English. Your grammar and word usage are such that one would guess you to be a well-educated native speaker.Yes, yes, enough with the flattery already
It is not flattery. We know you are really a native speaker of English, and are just pretending to be German. Just like your picture; Peter Sellers was just pretending to be a German, and was really English. That is one of the subtle clues you have provided for us. So, what part of England are you from?
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
