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Cboutin3 Posted 12 years ago
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Are these two sentences properly worded?

Solostaran hoped that the child was going to be his brother’s, but knew the truth as soon as he set his eyes upon the baby. A half-elf, to him this was a *** child that should not have been allowed to have been in the elven kingdom, but it was the son of his brother’s wife and Elansa died giving birth to him.
  

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cboutin3 Solostaran hoped that the child was going would turn out to be his brother’s, but he knew the truth as soon as he set his eyes upon the baby. A half-elf, to him this was a *** child that should not have been allowed to have been in the elven kingdom, but it was the son of his brother’s wife and Elansa died giving birth to him. After conjunctions, if there is a change of subject/verb, we usually use a comma.

— Philip

  • cboutin3 Solostaran hoped that the child was going would turn out to be his brother’s, but he knew the truth as soon as he set his eyes upon the baby.
  • A half-elf, to him this was a *** child that should not have been allowed to have been in the elven kingdom, but it was the son of his brother’s wife and Elansa died giving birth to him.
  • After conjunctions, if there is a change of subject/verb, we usually use a comma.
  • Besides the example in the first sentence, I would say: it was the son of his brother's wife Elena, who had died giving birth to him.
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cboutin3 Solostaran hoped that the child was going would turn out to be his brother’s, but he knew the truth as soon as he set his eyes upon the baby. A half-elf, to him this was a *** child that should not have been allowed to have been in the elven kingdom, but it was the s
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