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Jackson6612 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Bereaved family transporting it to his home in Kansas

The minister handed over the victim's body to bereaved family transporting it to his home in Kansas.

I'm having difficulty in interpreting the information contained in the sentence above. Who transported the body back to the hometown? Was it the minister, or victim's family?

Q1:
It's probable it's the family:
The minister handed over the victim's body to the bereaved family (who then/later transported) it to his hometown.

What is your take?

Q2:
Is the following sentence correct? It lacks any of those question verbs like 'do', 'did', 'does' etc. Is it allowed?

Who transported the body back to the hometown?
  

Top answer

It's a very badly written sentence. The family is taking the body to the victim's home. " is correct.

— Avangi

  • It's a very badly written sentence.
  • The family is taking the body to the victim's home.
  • " is correct.
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It's a very badly written sentence.
The family is taking the body to the victim's home.

The sentence, "Who transported the body back to the hometown?" is correct.
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1) I assume it must mean that the family transported the body, but the way it's worded sounds as if they were already transporting it when it was handed over, which is not possible. "his" also seems slightly ambiguous. I assume it must refer to the victim, but the "it ... his" combination is off-putting.

2) The sentence is OK.
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Jackson6612Is the following sentence correct? It lacks any of those question verbs like 'do', 'did', 'does' etc. Is it allowed?
I'm not sure what's bothering you here.

"Who broke the window?"
"Where is she?"
"What time is it?"

The "d-words" come into play when you convert a simple statement to a question:
"I like ice cream." D
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