Is this informal or just a well-reduced sentence?
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 4:33 pm
This is not a complete waste of time, just not the best use of our time.
1) Would you say this sentence is reserved for informal writing?
To me, it is reduced from the following:
This is not a complete waste of time, (but) this is just not the best use of time.
Perhaps the conjunction was never there, and, instead, it was two separate sentences. But to me, 'just' shows the words after the comma express a contrast.
2) What do you think?
1) Would you say this sentence is reserved for informal writing?
To me, it is reduced from the following:
This is not a complete waste of time, (but) this is just not the best use of time.
Perhaps the conjunction was never there, and, instead, it was two separate sentences. But to me, 'just' shows the words after the comma express a contrast.
2) What do you think?