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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

After - an adverb or a conjunction?

In particular, the revised characters of the post-Crisis universe had been rolled out gradually, with DC continuing to feature the old versions until the new versions were launched, some of them a year or several after the first wave of revised characters were published.

#1. some of them a year or several were published after the first wave of revised characters.
#2. some of them (being) a year or several after the first wave of revised characters were published.

I'd like to know which sentence I can rephrase the underlined clause in my example to - #1 or #2?

Thank you in advance for your help.
  

Top answer

The meaning is: some of them were launched a year or several after the first wave of revised characters were published However, since this is now an independent clause, you cannot directly put it after the comma in the original sentence (would be a comma splice). You could make a new sentence or use a semicolon. "after" is a preposition.

— GPY

  • The meaning is: some of them were launched a year or several after the first wave of revised characters were published However, since this is now an independent clause, you cannot directly put it after the comma in the original sentence (would be a comma splice).
  • You could make a new sentence or use a semicolon.
  • "after" is a preposition.
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The meaning is:

some of them were launched a year or several after the first wave of revised characters were published

However, since this is now an independent clause, you cannot directly put it after the comma in the original sentence (would be a comma splice). You could make a new sentence or use a semicolon.

"after" is a preposition.
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Thank you, GPY, for your very kind answer. Emotion: smile

However, since this is now an independent clause, you cannot directly pu
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Thank you, GPY, for your continuing support. Emotion: smile

Then, I was wondering whether you think we can omit a general verb, not the v
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park sang joonBy the way, I'd like to know whether I can omit the repeated verb from the preceding phrase, not a clause.
I'm not sure what you are asking. Please write the full sentence with the omission as you envisage it.
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I'm sorry for my poor EnglishEmotion: sad

It is the phrase, not a clause "with DC continuing to feature the old versions until
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The original sentence that you quoted is correct English. The part "with DC continuing to feature the old versions" is not very relevant to the possibility of the omission. The following makes sense by itself:

the new versions were launched, some of them a year or several after the first wave of revised characters were published

This could actually be a sentence by itself,
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The omitted verb is the main verb in the relevant part, i.e. "the new versions were launched".

The fact that a verb can be guessed from context does not automatically mean it can be omitted. However, in certain cases it may be possible. Here are some further random examples:

My watch was stolen by one thief and my bag by another.
I bought the green one, my sister th
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Thank you, GPY, for your continuing support. Emotion: smile

The omitted verb is the main verb in the relevant part, i.e. "the new
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The main verb in the whole sentence is "rolled out". However, this is not relevant to the later omission of "were launched". To understand the verb omission, you only need to look at this part:

the new versions were launched, some of them a year or several after the first wave of revised characters were published
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