GoodTaste
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- Feb 19, 2016
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This is my most fragile, yet also my strongest part
![39663BF3-7439-4197-B612-E8288E40F45B.jpeg 39663BF3-7439-4197-B612-E8288E40F45B.jpeg](https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/data/attachments/4/4431-067e02a926380b9e154b2f274b771cb1.jpg)
Source: From the cover of a book written by a female Chinese writer, a member of the China Writers Association. The book is written in Chinese.
I feel that her sentence can be made terser. How about:
This is my most fragile yet strongest part.
The edited version is more vivid and robust to me.
What is your opinion? What is the best way to make it better?
The structure of "yet also" looks strange to me and I am not sure whether it is natural in English.
![39663BF3-7439-4197-B612-E8288E40F45B.jpeg 39663BF3-7439-4197-B612-E8288E40F45B.jpeg](https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/data/attachments/4/4431-067e02a926380b9e154b2f274b771cb1.jpg)
Source: From the cover of a book written by a female Chinese writer, a member of the China Writers Association. The book is written in Chinese.
I feel that her sentence can be made terser. How about:
This is my most fragile yet strongest part.
The edited version is more vivid and robust to me.
What is your opinion? What is the best way to make it better?
The structure of "yet also" looks strange to me and I am not sure whether it is natural in English.