kuben123
 
Reply Tue 26 May, 2015 04:23 am
Which one sounds better?


Choosing between the infernal debts and the relentless bickering of/from my next of kin, I would have chosen the former in a heartbeat!

or

Left to choose between the infernal debts and the relentless bickering of/from my next of kin, I would have chosen the former in a heartbeat!

Please point out any errors.
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Tue 26 May, 2015 09:49 am
@kuben123,
The first, Kuben, jars a little, shifting tense as it does. I might've writ

Left to choose between infernal debt and the relentless bickering by my next of kin, I select the former in a heartbeat!
Ionus
 
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Reply Mon 1 Jun, 2015 02:58 am
@dalehileman,
I WOULD select the former in a heartbeat!
I WOULD choose the former in a heartbeat!
Glennn
 
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Reply Mon 1 Jun, 2015 08:50 am
Given a choice between the infernal debts and the relentless bickering of my next of kin, I would take the former in a heartbeat.
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dalehileman
 
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Reply Mon 1 Jun, 2015 10:55 am
@Ionus,
Yes Ionus, of course
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