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Grammar
1. The man of music and dancing started dancing when he heard the bubbling noise of the boiling rice because to his ears, it sounded so much like the rhythmic beats of music coming from a drum.
2. The man of music and dancing started dancing when he heard the bubbling noise of the boiling rice because, to his ears, it sounded so much like the rhythmic beats of music coming from a drum.
3. The man of music and dancing started dancing when he heard the bubbling noise of the boiling rice because it sounded so much like the rhythmic beats of music coming from a drum to his ears.
Are the 3 sentences above grammatical?
Thank you so much.
2. The man of music and dancing started dancing when he heard the bubbling noise of the boiling rice because, to his ears, it sounded so much like the rhythmic beats of music coming from a drum.
3. The man of music and dancing started dancing when he heard the bubbling noise of the boiling rice because it sounded so much like the rhythmic beats of music coming from a drum to his ears.
Are the 3 sentences above grammatical?
Thank you so much.
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The punctuation in #2 is preferable to that in #1. In #3, "to his ears" tends to be read as part of a phrase "coming from a drum to his ears", and the result is rather awkward. The close repetition of "dancing" is slightly awkward in all sentences.
- The punctuation in #2 is preferable to that in #1.
- In #3, "to his ears" tends to be read as part of a phrase "coming from a drum to his ears", and the result is rather awkward.
- The close repetition of "dancing" is slightly awkward in all sentences.
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The punctuation in #2 is preferable to that in #1.
In #3, "to his ears" tends to be read as part of a phrase "coming from a drum to his ears", and the result is rather awkward.
The close repetition of "dancing" is slightly awkward in all sentences.
In #3, "to his ears" tends to be read as part of a phrase "coming from a drum to his ears", and the result is rather awkward.
The close repetition of "dancing" is slightly awkward in all sentences.
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