Are these sentences grammatical?

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Dear Forum Users,Could anyone please revise these sentences for grammar:1. The murderer is sentenced to capital punishment in order to protect other citizens from him, who wished to take lives.2. Neither of my dreams is real and also they do not seem to come true in exactly the same way as we saw how Joe' dream came true yesterday evening.3. These rules, with diametrically opposite consequences, are applied to the same person.Thank you very much.Pal

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

1. The murderer is sentenced to death in order to protect other citizens from him, a man whose only goal in life is to take lives.

2. Neither of my dreams came true, the way Joe's dream came true the other evening.

3. This person is being forced to follow a rule which, if followed, will result in a violation of another rule.

Palinkasocsi · Answer

Thank you very much for your help!

Pal

Dimsumexpress · Answer

Palinkasocsi1. The murderer is sentenced to capital punishment in order to protect other citizens from him, who wished to take lives.

Just an observation....
The sentence is grammatically correct. However, it seems to me that there is an issue with the use of "in order to" in this context. To me, this phrase means "a required process". i.e. In order to save money, we have to carpool starting this week. But the judicial system can not sentence a criminal to capital punishment because of the fear that its citizens may become victimized. He is, and should be, sentenced to capital punishment based on the evidence collected from the crime he committed. In other words, a society can't simple sentence a criminal to die because it wants to protect its citizens.

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