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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Adverb
Guys,
what's wrong with sentence below... Is typically misplaced? If not what does it modify...had or ...became.
Typically, during a time when women had a narrow range of choices, Mary Baker Eddy became a distinguished writer and the founder, architect, and builder of a growing church.
Thanks
what's wrong with sentence below... Is typically misplaced? If not what does it modify...had or ...became.
Typically, during a time when women had a narrow range of choices, Mary Baker Eddy became a distinguished writer and the founder, architect, and builder of a growing church.
Thanks
Top answer
pokh Is typically misplaced? Yes. It should not be in this sentence, but in another.
- pokh Is typically misplaced?
- Yes.
- It should not be in this sentence, but in another.
- It's impossible to tell what it modifies because it's hanging there meaninglessly at the beginning of the sentence.
- You can't say, "Typically, so-and-so become a writer", whether distinguished or not.
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pokhIs typically misplaced?Yes. It should not be in this sentence, but in another. It's impossible to tell what it modifies because it's hanging there meaninglessly at the beginning of the sentence.
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One more question...
why cant typically modify had..in the subordinate clause..
during a time when women TYPICALLY had a narrow range of choices, Mary Baker Eddy became a distinguished writer and the founder, architect, an
why cant typically modify had..in the subordinate clause..
during a time when women TYPICALLY had a narrow range of choices, Mary Baker Eddy became a distinguished writer and the founder, architect, an
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Aha! Yes. You could move it there and make sense of it. Good idea.
CJ
CJ
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