You can take my words as a warning or as a threat as well. Whatever you like to think

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You can take my words as a warning or as a threat as well. Whatever you like to think of it as.

Please check my sentences.
 

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You can take my words as a warning or as a threat as well. Whatever you like to think of it as.
Or and as well are redundant. Use one or the other.

The second sentence has an agreement error which I've underlined. Can you see the problem?
 

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Or and as well are redundant. Use one or the other.

The second sentence has an agreement error which I've underlined. Can you see the problem?

You can take my words as a warning as a threat. Whatever you like to think of these as. But what to use instead of "or" here?
 

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You can take my words as a warning as a threat. Whatever you like to think of these as. But what to use instead of "or" here?

I said "or and as well are redundant. You need one or the other." Why did you remove both of them?

Please re-phrase the part I marked in bold-face red as a question.
 
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I said "or and as well are redundant. You need one or the other." Why did you remove both of them?

Please re-phrase the part I marked in bold-face red as a question.

You can take my words as a warning or as a threat. Whatever you like to think of these as. But what to use instead of "it" here? (I don't know why I wrote this?)
 

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Or and as well are redundant. Use one or the other.

I am not sure that as well is redundant- a warning is not a threat, so I don't see how the two could be taken the same way. It's one or the other, not both.
 

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"You can take my words as a warning or as a threat. Whatever you like to think of these as." But what to use instead of "it" here? (I don't know why I wrote this?)

Are the red, underlined words the right way to begin a question?

Is the sentence that ends with a red question mark a question?
 
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Are the red, underlined words the right way to begin a question?

Is the sentence that ends with a red question mark a question?

What should be used here instead of "it"?
 

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What should be used here instead of "it"?
That's the right way to ask the question. I think you've already gotten the answer and you posted this to make sure you were now asking it correctly. If so, here's one way you could have written post #8 to make this clear:

I think I understand. Please tell me if the following question is written correctly: What should be used here instead of "it"?
 

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You can take my words as a warning or as a threat as well. Whatever you like to think of it as.

Please check my sentences.


''You can take my words either as a warning,as a threat or Whatever you like to'' Would you mind telling me whether or not it's true.
 

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''You can take my words [STRIKE]either[/STRIKE] as a warning, (space after a comma) as a threat or whatever you like." [STRIKE]to''[/STRIKE] Would you mind telling me whether or not it's [STRIKE]true[/STRIKE] correct?

See above.
 
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