JACEK1
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All sentence, but "and shallowly or not, I am — ... wins, going away" in particular
Hello all forum members!
If, for instance, you are looking to control your weight — and shallowly or not, I am — running wins, going away.
I find the above sentence rather strange. Its meaning is even stranger.
I will try to decipher it, however.
The general idea is that "If, for example, you are intending to control your weight, running wins by a lot of points (easily, no efforts made).
I think I am beginning to understand the whole of the sentence.
Let me start again.
"If, for example, you are intending to control your weight - whether you treat it shallowly (not seriously) or not (I, for one, am serious about it) - walking doesn't compare to running (walking doesn't stand a chance of defeating running).
Thank you.
What do you think?
Is It Better to Walk or Run? - NYTimes.com
Hello all forum members!
If, for instance, you are looking to control your weight — and shallowly or not, I am — running wins, going away.
I find the above sentence rather strange. Its meaning is even stranger.
I will try to decipher it, however.
The general idea is that "If, for example, you are intending to control your weight, running wins by a lot of points (easily, no efforts made).
I think I am beginning to understand the whole of the sentence.
Let me start again.
"If, for example, you are intending to control your weight - whether you treat it shallowly (not seriously) or not (I, for one, am serious about it) - walking doesn't compare to running (walking doesn't stand a chance of defeating running).
Thank you.
What do you think?
Is It Better to Walk or Run? - NYTimes.com