Shortened form of “the fact that she was alive”
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Consider the following sentence:
After she faked her death, she kept the fact that she was alive a secret from the rest of the world.
Here "the fact that she was alive" is a clear reference to her state of life, but I'd like to express this idea more concisely. It could be rephrased:
After she faked her death, she kept her being alive a secret from the rest of the world.
Unfortunately, this is a bit awkward and could possibly become unclear without the starting clause ("After she faked her death").
Are there any other options?
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Consider the following sentence:
After she faked her death, she kept the fact that she was alive a secret from the rest of the world.
Here "the fact that she was alive" is a clear reference to her state of life, but I'd like to express this idea more concisely. It could be rephrased:
After she faked her death, she kept her being alive a secret from the rest of the world.
Unfortunately, this is a bit awkward and could possibly become unclear without the starting clause ("After she faked her death").
Are there any other options?
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Modern English unfortunately has evolved so that the fact that ... is an unavoidable ugly phrase. 200 years ago, it would have undoubtedly been phrased differently. See Google Ngrams.
– Peter Shor
yesterday
4
Would you be ok with a slight rewording to use a noun, such as "After she faked her death, she kept her life a secret from the rest of the world."?
– Mark Beadles
yesterday
3
I might be inclined to say "her survival".
– Hot Licks
yesterday
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@Graham - When one of us old wheezers survives a heart attack it doesn't mean someone else didn't.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
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@HotLicks To me, the word "survival" implies that she was involved in an incident that she may not have survived. But faking her death need not involve any such incident.
– TrevorD
10 hours ago
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Consider the following sentence:
After she faked her death, she kept the fact that she was alive a secret from the rest of the world.
Here "the fact that she was alive" is a clear reference to her state of life, but I'd like to express this idea more concisely. It could be rephrased:
After she faked her death, she kept her being alive a secret from the rest of the world.
Unfortunately, this is a bit awkward and could possibly become unclear without the starting clause ("After she faked her death").
Are there any other options?
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Consider the following sentence:
After she faked her death, she kept the fact that she was alive a secret from the rest of the world.
Here "the fact that she was alive" is a clear reference to her state of life, but I'd like to express this idea more concisely. It could be rephrased:
After she faked her death, she kept her being alive a secret from the rest of the world.
Unfortunately, this is a bit awkward and could possibly become unclear without the starting clause ("After she faked her death").
Are there any other options?
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Modern English unfortunately has evolved so that the fact that ... is an unavoidable ugly phrase. 200 years ago, it would have undoubtedly been phrased differently. See Google Ngrams.
– Peter Shor
yesterday
4
Would you be ok with a slight rewording to use a noun, such as "After she faked her death, she kept her life a secret from the rest of the world."?
– Mark Beadles
yesterday
3
I might be inclined to say "her survival".
– Hot Licks
yesterday
2
@Graham - When one of us old wheezers survives a heart attack it doesn't mean someone else didn't.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
1
@HotLicks To me, the word "survival" implies that she was involved in an incident that she may not have survived. But faking her death need not involve any such incident.
– TrevorD
10 hours ago
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Modern English unfortunately has evolved so that the fact that ... is an unavoidable ugly phrase. 200 years ago, it would have undoubtedly been phrased differently. See Google Ngrams.
– Peter Shor
yesterday
4
Would you be ok with a slight rewording to use a noun, such as "After she faked her death, she kept her life a secret from the rest of the world."?
– Mark Beadles
yesterday
3
I might be inclined to say "her survival".
– Hot Licks
yesterday
2
@Graham - When one of us old wheezers survives a heart attack it doesn't mean someone else didn't.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
1
@HotLicks To me, the word "survival" implies that she was involved in an incident that she may not have survived. But faking her death need not involve any such incident.
– TrevorD
10 hours ago
2
2
Modern English unfortunately has evolved so that the fact that ... is an unavoidable ugly phrase. 200 years ago, it would have undoubtedly been phrased differently. See Google Ngrams.
– Peter Shor
yesterday
Modern English unfortunately has evolved so that the fact that ... is an unavoidable ugly phrase. 200 years ago, it would have undoubtedly been phrased differently. See Google Ngrams.
– Peter Shor
yesterday
4
4
Would you be ok with a slight rewording to use a noun, such as "After she faked her death, she kept her life a secret from the rest of the world."?
– Mark Beadles
yesterday
Would you be ok with a slight rewording to use a noun, such as "After she faked her death, she kept her life a secret from the rest of the world."?
– Mark Beadles
yesterday
3
3
I might be inclined to say "her survival".
– Hot Licks
yesterday
I might be inclined to say "her survival".
– Hot Licks
yesterday
2
2
@Graham - When one of us old wheezers survives a heart attack it doesn't mean someone else didn't.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
@Graham - When one of us old wheezers survives a heart attack it doesn't mean someone else didn't.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
1
1
@HotLicks To me, the word "survival" implies that she was involved in an incident that she may not have survived. But faking her death need not involve any such incident.
– TrevorD
10 hours ago
@HotLicks To me, the word "survival" implies that she was involved in an incident that she may not have survived. But faking her death need not involve any such incident.
– TrevorD
10 hours ago
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"The rest of the world" is a pretty tired cliche. Why not just rewrite as "She succeeded in faking her death" or "She successfully faked her own death"?
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+1 I agree it's cliché. In my specific case, I have some specific contextual reasons for including the phrase "the rest of the world", but I think there are generally better alternatives.
– Graham
9 hours ago
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Hot Licks' suggestion happens to fit what I want, but it hasn't been posted as an answer, so I'll just post it myself:
After she faked her death, she kept her survival a secret from the rest of the world.
It does come with a few caveats. While my comment fell short in identifying the a potential problem when using 'survival', TrevorD's comment successfully identified a commonly understood definition of 'survival':
To me, the word 'survival' implies that she was involved in an incident that she may not have survived. But faking her death need not involve any such incident.
And as Sam notes in their answer:
"The rest of the world" is a pretty tired cliche.
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Her mortality
After she faked her death, she kept her mortality a secret from the rest of the world.
Herself
After she faked her death, she kept herself a secret from the rest of the world.
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'Mortality' usually means 'ability to be killed'
– DJClayworth
yesterday
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“Mortality” can also mean death, and keeping her death a secret would seem to undermine the purpose of faking it. ;-)
– Chappo
yesterday
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"The rest of the world" is a pretty tired cliche. Why not just rewrite as "She succeeded in faking her death" or "She successfully faked her own death"?
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+1 I agree it's cliché. In my specific case, I have some specific contextual reasons for including the phrase "the rest of the world", but I think there are generally better alternatives.
– Graham
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"The rest of the world" is a pretty tired cliche. Why not just rewrite as "She succeeded in faking her death" or "She successfully faked her own death"?
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+1 I agree it's cliché. In my specific case, I have some specific contextual reasons for including the phrase "the rest of the world", but I think there are generally better alternatives.
– Graham
9 hours ago
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"The rest of the world" is a pretty tired cliche. Why not just rewrite as "She succeeded in faking her death" or "She successfully faked her own death"?
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"The rest of the world" is a pretty tired cliche. Why not just rewrite as "She succeeded in faking her death" or "She successfully faked her own death"?
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+1 I agree it's cliché. In my specific case, I have some specific contextual reasons for including the phrase "the rest of the world", but I think there are generally better alternatives.
– Graham
9 hours ago
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+1 I agree it's cliché. In my specific case, I have some specific contextual reasons for including the phrase "the rest of the world", but I think there are generally better alternatives.
– Graham
9 hours ago
+1 I agree it's cliché. In my specific case, I have some specific contextual reasons for including the phrase "the rest of the world", but I think there are generally better alternatives.
– Graham
9 hours ago
+1 I agree it's cliché. In my specific case, I have some specific contextual reasons for including the phrase "the rest of the world", but I think there are generally better alternatives.
– Graham
9 hours ago
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Hot Licks' suggestion happens to fit what I want, but it hasn't been posted as an answer, so I'll just post it myself:
After she faked her death, she kept her survival a secret from the rest of the world.
It does come with a few caveats. While my comment fell short in identifying the a potential problem when using 'survival', TrevorD's comment successfully identified a commonly understood definition of 'survival':
To me, the word 'survival' implies that she was involved in an incident that she may not have survived. But faking her death need not involve any such incident.
And as Sam notes in their answer:
"The rest of the world" is a pretty tired cliche.
add a comment |
Hot Licks' suggestion happens to fit what I want, but it hasn't been posted as an answer, so I'll just post it myself:
After she faked her death, she kept her survival a secret from the rest of the world.
It does come with a few caveats. While my comment fell short in identifying the a potential problem when using 'survival', TrevorD's comment successfully identified a commonly understood definition of 'survival':
To me, the word 'survival' implies that she was involved in an incident that she may not have survived. But faking her death need not involve any such incident.
And as Sam notes in their answer:
"The rest of the world" is a pretty tired cliche.
add a comment |
Hot Licks' suggestion happens to fit what I want, but it hasn't been posted as an answer, so I'll just post it myself:
After she faked her death, she kept her survival a secret from the rest of the world.
It does come with a few caveats. While my comment fell short in identifying the a potential problem when using 'survival', TrevorD's comment successfully identified a commonly understood definition of 'survival':
To me, the word 'survival' implies that she was involved in an incident that she may not have survived. But faking her death need not involve any such incident.
And as Sam notes in their answer:
"The rest of the world" is a pretty tired cliche.
Hot Licks' suggestion happens to fit what I want, but it hasn't been posted as an answer, so I'll just post it myself:
After she faked her death, she kept her survival a secret from the rest of the world.
It does come with a few caveats. While my comment fell short in identifying the a potential problem when using 'survival', TrevorD's comment successfully identified a commonly understood definition of 'survival':
To me, the word 'survival' implies that she was involved in an incident that she may not have survived. But faking her death need not involve any such incident.
And as Sam notes in their answer:
"The rest of the world" is a pretty tired cliche.
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Her mortality
After she faked her death, she kept her mortality a secret from the rest of the world.
Herself
After she faked her death, she kept herself a secret from the rest of the world.
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'Mortality' usually means 'ability to be killed'
– DJClayworth
yesterday
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“Mortality” can also mean death, and keeping her death a secret would seem to undermine the purpose of faking it. ;-)
– Chappo
yesterday
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Her mortality
After she faked her death, she kept her mortality a secret from the rest of the world.
Herself
After she faked her death, she kept herself a secret from the rest of the world.
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'Mortality' usually means 'ability to be killed'
– DJClayworth
yesterday
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“Mortality” can also mean death, and keeping her death a secret would seem to undermine the purpose of faking it. ;-)
– Chappo
yesterday
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Her mortality
After she faked her death, she kept her mortality a secret from the rest of the world.
Herself
After she faked her death, she kept herself a secret from the rest of the world.
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Her mortality
After she faked her death, she kept her mortality a secret from the rest of the world.
Herself
After she faked her death, she kept herself a secret from the rest of the world.
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'Mortality' usually means 'ability to be killed'
– DJClayworth
yesterday
2
“Mortality” can also mean death, and keeping her death a secret would seem to undermine the purpose of faking it. ;-)
– Chappo
yesterday
add a comment |
2
'Mortality' usually means 'ability to be killed'
– DJClayworth
yesterday
2
“Mortality” can also mean death, and keeping her death a secret would seem to undermine the purpose of faking it. ;-)
– Chappo
yesterday
2
2
'Mortality' usually means 'ability to be killed'
– DJClayworth
yesterday
'Mortality' usually means 'ability to be killed'
– DJClayworth
yesterday
2
2
“Mortality” can also mean death, and keeping her death a secret would seem to undermine the purpose of faking it. ;-)
– Chappo
yesterday
“Mortality” can also mean death, and keeping her death a secret would seem to undermine the purpose of faking it. ;-)
– Chappo
yesterday
add a comment |
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Modern English unfortunately has evolved so that the fact that ... is an unavoidable ugly phrase. 200 years ago, it would have undoubtedly been phrased differently. See Google Ngrams.
– Peter Shor
yesterday
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Would you be ok with a slight rewording to use a noun, such as "After she faked her death, she kept her life a secret from the rest of the world."?
– Mark Beadles
yesterday
3
I might be inclined to say "her survival".
– Hot Licks
yesterday
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@Graham - When one of us old wheezers survives a heart attack it doesn't mean someone else didn't.
– Hot Licks
yesterday
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@HotLicks To me, the word "survival" implies that she was involved in an incident that she may not have survived. But faking her death need not involve any such incident.
– TrevorD
10 hours ago