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Rpels Posted 12 years ago
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In that case the Supreme Court, led by former Chief Justice ABC came down in favour of the executive stating that “XYZ.”
My question is which noun is stating "XYZ". Chief Justice ABC 'or' the executive.
Probably it is more instructive to feel that it is the executive who is stating "XYZ" and not the Cheif Justice ABC, since the two clauses are connected by a preposition which makes the second clause completely independent of the former.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
My question is which noun is stating "XYZ". Chief Justice ABC 'or' the executive.
Probably it is more instructive to feel that it is the executive who is stating "XYZ" and not the Cheif Justice ABC, since the two clauses are connected by a preposition which makes the second clause completely independent of the former.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
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The interpretation that the executive stated "XYZ" is awkward. Another possibility is that the Supreme Court wanted the executive to state "XYZ", but again it doesn't feel right to me. My best guess is that it is mispunctuated, that there should be a comma after "executive", and that it is the Supreme Court that stated "XYZ", in support of the executive.
- The interpretation that the executive stated "XYZ" is awkward.
- Another possibility is that the Supreme Court wanted the executive to state "XYZ", but again it doesn't feel right to me.
- My best guess is that it is mispunctuated, that there should be a comma after "executive", and that it is the Supreme Court that stated "XYZ", in support of the executive.
- There also should be a comma after "Chief Justice ABC", which suggests that the author didn't pay too much attention to getting the punctuation right.
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The interpretation that the executive stated "XYZ" is awkward. Another possibility is that the Supreme Court wanted the executive to state "XYZ", but again it doesn't feel right to me.
My best guess is that it is mispunctuated, that there should be a comma after "executive", and that it is the Supreme Court that stated "XYZ", in support of the executive.
There also should be a co
My best guess is that it is mispunctuated, that there should be a comma after "executive", and that it is the Supreme Court that stated "XYZ", in support of the executive.
There also should be a co
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Thank you
You are right, GPY. I checked it with the author as well and he has readily accepted mispunctuating the sentence.
You are right, GPY. I checked it with the author as well and he has readily accepted mispunctuating the sentence.
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