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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Does anyone know what is wrong with this sentence?
Police stormed a house at 112 West Rand Rd.
  

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I wouldn't call it wrong. In more careful English, you would not abbreviate the word 'road', and you would possibly add a comma after '112'.

— Clive

  • I wouldn't call it wrong.
  • In more careful English, you would not abbreviate the word 'road', and you would possibly add a comma after '112'.
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I wouldn't call it wrong.

In more careful English, you would not abbreviate the word 'road', and you would possibly add a comma after '112'.
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I'm in the US and I don't see anything wrong with it. If this is in terms of British English there might be a preference for other pronouns (on or in) in this situation. Or if this in the context of a specific story, then there might be a problem with the facts in the sentence: there might be no such address, or there might be only one police officer in the town, etc.
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Maybe this:

Police stormed into a house at 112 West Rand Rd.
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AnonymousPolice stormed a house at 112 West Rand Rd.
I would use Road at the end.

A knowledge of the geographical facts on the ground would be necessary to determine whether "the" should substitute for "a".

If there is more than one house at 112 West Rand Road, then your sentence is acceptable. Where I live, such an arrangement of pro
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Anonymous Does anyone know what is wrong with this sentence?Police stormed a house at 112 West Rand Rd.
As the first sentence in a news article, or as a by-line, it sounds perfectly natural to me. As a bi-line, it would be normal for the verb to be in the present tense and to eliminate a.
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Philipit would be normal for the verb to be in the present tense and to eliminate a.
Agree.

But I think you mean 'headline'. A byline tells who wrote the article, i.e., who it's by, so this can't be a byline.
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CalifJimBut I think you mean 'headline'.
Yep!
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