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Dokterjokkebrok Posted 16 years ago
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Although the introduction of the euro was announced long before 1 January 2002, it still created confusion in stores, when paying the cashier behind the desk.
Hello,
Could someone please help me figure out what's wrong with the following sentence? I know there is something wrong with it, but I am unable to identify it. I would like to know the underlying grammar rule as well. I thought it had something to do with misrelated participles.
Kind regards,
Dokterjokkebrok
Could someone please help me figure out what's wrong with the following sentence? I know there is something wrong with it, but I am unable to identify it. I would like to know the underlying grammar rule as well. I thought it had something to do with misrelated participles.
- Although the introduction of the euro was announced long before 1 January 2002, it still created confusion in stores, when paying the cashier behind the desk.
Kind regards,
Dokterjokkebrok
Top answer
" it = the introduction of the euro when paying = when it paid / when the introduction of the euro paid Taken literally, the sentence doesn't make much sense. It proclaims that the introduction of the euro created confusion in stores whereas the truth is that it was the euro that created the confusion, not the introduction of it. It also tries to make us believe that the introduction of the euro did the paying, not the customer.
- " it = the introduction of the euro when paying = when it paid / when the introduction of the euro paid Taken literally, the sentence doesn't make much sense.
- It proclaims that the introduction of the euro created confusion in stores whereas the truth is that it was the euro that created the confusion, not the introduction of it.
- It also tries to make us believe that the introduction of the euro did the paying, not the customer.
- CB
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"Although the introduction of the euro was announced long before 1 January 2002, it still created confusion in stores, when paying the cashier behind the desk."
it = the introduction of the euro
when paying = when it paid / when the introduction of the euro paid
Taken literally, the sentence doesn't make much sense.
it = the introduction of the euro
when paying = when it paid / when the introduction of the euro paid
Taken literally, the sentence doesn't make much sense.
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