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as I saw and thought about them,

English translation: as I saw them and thought about them,

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English term or phrase:as I saw and thought about them,
Selected answer:as I saw them and thought about them,

11:50 Dec 12, 2014
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2014-12-15 13:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting
English term or phrase: as I saw and thought about them,
How is correct in English:

as I saw and thought about them,
or
as I saw them and thought about them


Kindly advise
Thank you.
A Bode
Germany
Local time: 23:13
as I saw them and thought about them,
Explanation:
In my opinion this is preferable and clearer, though the version without the first "them" is not grammatically wrong.
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:13


SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +5as I saw them and thought about them,
Jack Doughty
4 +3as I saw and thought about them,
B D Finch


Discussion entries: 4





  

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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
as i saw and thought about them,
as I saw them and thought about them,


Explanation:
In my opinion this is preferable and clearer, though the version without the first "them" is not grammatically wrong.

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:13
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Victoria Britten
1 min
  -> Thank you.
agree  Charles Davis: I'm inclined to agree
30 mins
  -> Thank you.
agree  writeaway
1 hr
  -> Thank you.
agree  Terry Richards: In an engineering context, I would choose this one, it's clearer.
2 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  acetran
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
as i saw and thought about them,
as I saw and thought about them,


Explanation:
This is the more literary version and given the (limited) context you have provided, likely to be stylistically preferable.

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Note added at 1 hr (2014-12-12 13:10:48 GMT)
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The fact that you give the three line context with those line breaks also indicates that this is meant to flow poetically, which the expanded version does not.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 23:13
Meets criteria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Terry Richards: In a poetic/literary context, I would choose this one, it reads better. Unfortunately there's no "agree a bit more" button :)
1 hr
  -> Thanks Terry. It is "Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting", not engineering.// That's OK, the :) does it!
agree  Tina Vonhof (X)
1 hr
  -> Thanks Tina
agree  Charles Davis: I really can't decide which would be better, but this would certainly be good
4 hrs
  -> Thanks Charles
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