WBYeats
 
Reply Mon 16 Nov, 2015 05:05 am
Could I say?:

-What follows are traditional ways depicting male characters.

without changing it to

-[...] ways we depict [...]

because logically speaking, human beings depict; ways never depict.
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McTag
 
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Reply Mon 16 Nov, 2015 05:53 am
@WBYeats,

Traditional ways of depicting male characters.
Traditional ways male characters are depicted/ shown/ described/ suggested

I'd like more context here, to enable a fuller answer.
dalehileman
 
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Reply Mon 16 Nov, 2015 11:52 am
@McTag,
Mac you do good work
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WBYeats
 
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Reply Thu 19 Nov, 2015 06:08 am
@McTag,
Excellent answer. Thank you.
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InfraBlue
 
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Reply Thu 19 Nov, 2015 11:05 am
Maybe I'm being nitpicky, but the sentence should start, "What follow..."
dalehileman
 
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Reply Thu 19 Nov, 2015 11:28 am
@InfraBlue,
Infra forgive but I'm not quite sure about that; I detect a subtle diff in its meaning. Help, somebody smarter than I
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