Inchoateknowledge Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
hyperbation or wrong syntax?
well-meaning people ready to help I thought of as merely a nuisance.
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Hi, well-meaning people ready to help I thought of as merely a nuisance. It's not wrong, but putting the object first like this is not commonly done. It's better with a short object, eg Mary I love, Betty I don't.
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Hi,
well-meaning people ready to help I thought of as merely a nuisance.
It's not wrong, but putting the object first like this is not commonly done. It's better with a short object, eg
Mary I love, Betty I don't.
For that reason, I'd consider putting a comma after such a long object phrase.
You
well-meaning people ready to help I thought of as merely a nuisance.
It's not wrong, but putting the object first like this is not commonly done. It's better with a short object, eg
Mary I love, Betty I don't.
For that reason, I'd consider putting a comma after such a long object phrase.
You
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