A sentence from a survey report.

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OmerAsh
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A sentence from a survey report.

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The second question was whether any of the participants would've picked the opposite gender had they been given a chance to live again, or stay the same.


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OmerAsh wrote: Sat Nov 26, 2022 5:02 pm The second question was whether any of the participants would've picked the opposite gender had they been given a chance to live again, or stay the same.


Is the sentence above grammatically correct?
“, or stay the same” is superfluous and grammatically out of place. Delete it.
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