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Post by Somak Meitei on Jun 1, 2014 22:33:23 GMT 5.5
Hi
I had to make a choice between two words:result and consequence, but since I could not draw a clear line of demarcation between these two words, I have become entangled in the usage of them. The example which is contextual to my thread is:My farm is flooded, with the result/consequece that most of the harvest will be lost. I would like you to help me with what I want to know which of the two words is appropriate to my context.
Thanks
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Post by Thoithoi O'Cottage on Jun 1, 2014 23:13:21 GMT 5.5
"Result" is a neutral term which derives its negative or positive valence/significance from the context. Result can be either good or bad, and it can be used in both contexts. "Consequence" is also a result, but when used in the sense of "effect" or "result", it usually (but not always) has a negative implication, i.e. a consequence is usually a bad result/effect. Both "result" and "consequence" are equally appropriate in the context you have provided. While it is more a matter of personal choice, it would be significant to note that as the badness of the effect is undoubtedly clear in the sentence, many may prefer the simple and plain "result". "Consequence" is more often (so I should say "more appropriately" ) used when the negative sense in the sentence derives from nothing else but this very word. For example: This act will have consequences, I think. In this sentence there is no source of the negative sense other than "consequence". This use of "consequence" is quite euphemistic, whoever says this--a supporter, or a rival. At the same time "consequence" is the more effective, and hence more appropriate, word if you want to emphasize the effect is really very bad: disastrous consequences But you will also find phrases like: hillarious consequences  Sent from Samsung Galaxy with Tapatalk |
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Post by Thoithoi O'Cottage on Jun 2, 2014 0:01:30 GMT 5.5
An irrelevant but important grammatical point: It should be either as a result of that or with the result that, not with the result of that. My farm is flooded, with the result that most of the harvest will be lost. [One sentence. The underlined part is a prepositional phrase, with the noun clause "that most of the harvest will be lost" in apposition to the noun "result".] Or My farm is flooded. As a result of that, most of the harvest will be lost. [Two sentences] As a matter of style, I would get rid of "of that" from "as a result of that", because what "of that" refers to is already clear to us--it is the fact that "my farm is flooded". Sent from Samsung Galaxy with Tapatalk |
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Post by Somak Meitei on Jun 2, 2014 15:12:21 GMT 5.5
An irrelevant but important grammatical point: It should be either as a result of that or with the result that, not with the result of that. My farm is flooded, with the result that most of the harvest will be lost. [One sentence. The underlined part is a prepositional phrase, with the noun clause "that most of the harvest will be lost" in apposition to the noun "result".] Or My farm is flooded. As a result of that, most of the harvest will be lost. [Two sentences] As a matter of style, I would get rid of "of that" from "as a result of that", because what "of that" refers to is already clear to us--it is the fact that "my farm is flooded". Sent from Samsung Galaxy with Tapatalk Sorry for my extra, unnecessary word, 'of',that may be treated as an appendix, and I have typed by mistake.I should/need not have typed it. |
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Post by Thoithoi O'Cottage on Jun 2, 2014 18:22:16 GMT 5.5
 Nothing unfamiliar to me. Familiar to me as every monkey is with its own tail (perhap if not sitting together)  When I type on a mobile phone or a tablet, my hand feels like a jackhammer on them when dealing with something tiny and delicate like a jewellery item. Phones are like moths or specks of dust to my untrained eyes--I'm not comfortable with them. I miskey a lot of words. It is nearly always "s" for "a", and prepositions and inflectional affixes quite too comfortably slip through my fingers. My fingers--poor match for my comparatively more smooth-sailing mind. If I type anything on my phone, I've to check it, at least twice. Perhaps I've aged untimely as a young man before my time. Or the rest of the world have walked briskly leaving me more than twenty years behind. Sleeping somehow. A new human species with microscopes for their eyes. Hence my awkwardness. Proved. |
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