Jeff sits at the bar with a drink trying to collect his thoughts, but five loud drunk men, seated at a table across the bar, make it difficult.
1. Is 'across the bar' OK and enough here?
2. How would you punctuate the whole sentence?
anonymous 1. Is 'across the bar' OK and enough here? No.
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anonymous1. Is 'across the bar' OK and enough here?
No. Once you are inside the building we call a bar, the bar is the heavy counter where the drinks are served. The men were across the room.
anonymous2. How would you punctuate the whole sentence?
I would delete the last two commas.