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Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. The locution x such that x P is merely shorthand for "those x with property P ," so the phrase "such that" is properly placed. Improve this answer. I'm still not exactly sure how to tell the difference.

Can you provide more examples or link me to more literature on this? What is the difference in meaning if I say "There are subsets of R such that the amount of time the orbit spends in those open sets is not proportional to the sizes of the sets.

I think the literature here is that of naive set theory. You're essentially "translating" symbolic mathematical propositions into natural language. You have to keep your antecedents straight when you translate the bound parameters. There's no difference. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password. In 1 , you need "it," which refers back to what was previously mentioned "the difference.

I wouldn't use that and this. When involved in "anaphora," that and this usually refer to "propositions" rather than simple noun phrases. For example: In some societies, the difference between men and women is very simply; it is that men earn money, and women spend money. That is all you need to know. I agree with you with respect to 2 and 3. In 2 , I see that the idiom "that is" is short of "that is to say.

SevenDays said:. Click to expand Can anyone help me tell whether or not the sentence 5 is correct? I forgot to say that 4 is also correct. As far as 5 is concerned, I think it is needlessly complicated, which means that I'm not sure it'll be universally accepted.

To me, it doesn't work, but it may work for others.