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Sentence #4604071

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 kemushi69 kemushi69 May 22, 2016 May 22, 2016 at 6:14:18 PM UTC link Permalink

"whilst" seems odd. The way it's written now, the sentence has the sense of "while I am minimising ..., if I were ..., I'd be". "whilst" -> "by" makes much more sense.
Also word order is odd. It's hard to know what "strictly" is referring to. Is it supposed to be "studying strictly" or "studying only* strictly for myself"?

 slyfin slyfin October 6, 2016 October 6, 2016 at 6:42:34 PM UTC link Permalink

Sometime's English is naturally ambiguous. That doesn't make them unnatural.
"I saw a man on a hill with a telescope."
Did you watch the man on the hill through the telescope or did the man who was on the hill have a telescope with him?
The meaning of "whilst" in this sentence, indeed, is "while I am minimising ...". I don't see a problem with the sentence.

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If I were to spend more time strictly studying only for myself whilst minimizing red herrings online, I'd be more of the person I want to be.

added by slyfin, October 13, 2015
➜ #5760112Si yo pudiera gastar más tiempo estrictamente estudiando para mí mismo, mientras minimizo las cortinas de humo en línea, sería más la persona que yo quiero ser.

linked by albrusgher, January 10, 2017