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Chan-Seung Lee
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 Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:19 pm Post subject: overall |
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| Of course self-reliance is extremely important. We all need time to be alone. Being along gives us time to relax, to collect our thoughts, and to enjoy the quiet. However, friendships are definitely character-building and overall, I would rather spend most of my time with friends. |
The quote was written by a non-native speaker.
1. I think that the bold part should be corrected to "However, friendships are definitely character-building and overall, so I would rather spend most of my time with friends." Could you tell me if I'm right?
2. Does "friendships are definitely character-building and overall" make sense? If so, what phrases or words can 'charater-building' and 'overall' each be replaced with?
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CP
Joined: 12 Jun 2006
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Location: California
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| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 8:16 am Post subject: |
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First, there is a missing comma, because this is really a compound sentence, two sentences connected by a conjunction.
However, friendships are definitely character-building, and overall, I would rather spend most of my time with friends.
Second, overall here means on the whole or mostly or all things considered, an adverb / adverbial phrase modifying the verb. It is not a second adjective after charcter-building, as your number 1 conceives it.
Make sense now?
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