A few sentences from The Bees
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I've come across a few sentences that seem incorrect to me and I'd appreciate any insights.
"Sisters of all kin were born and died by their hundreds every day, so collecting the dead was a common occupation for every sanitation worker." < Should there be a comma after "born" to make the sentence flow better/make sense? The way i am readying it is that the "so collecting the dead...." part is only relating to the "died by their hundreds" part and the "sisters of all kin" has no relevance to that.
"Sister Sage curled a filament of her own scent around Flora’s antennae and she felt her mouth clamp shut." <The way this is written makes it seem that Sister Sage's mouth clamps shut but the writer was talking about Flora's mouth. Is my understanding correct?
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" < Should there be a comma after "born" to make the sentence flow better/make sense? No. That would make 'by their hundreds every day' only apply to 'died'.
- " < Should there be a comma after "born" to make the sentence flow better/make sense?
- No.
- That would make 'by their hundreds every day' only apply to 'died'.
- " part is only relating to the "died by their hundreds" part and the "sisters of all kin" has no relevance to that.
- No.
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Sisters of all kin were born and died by their hundreds every day, so collecting the dead was a common occupation for every sanitation worker." < Should there be a comma after "born" to make the sentence flow better/make sense? No. That would make 'by their hundreds every day' only apply to 'died'.
The way i am readying it is that the "so collecting the dead...."
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