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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Correct sentence?

Hi. Please help. Is this correct? I am especially keen on knowing the correctness of the underlined part. Thank you in advance.

They imposed high taxes, passing the law 19XX, then later imposed an embargo, thus crippling the rum industry.
  

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There is a conjunction missing: They imposed high taxes, passing the law in 19XX, an d then later imposed an embargo, thus crippling the rum industry.

  • There is a conjunction missing: They imposed high taxes, passing the law in 19XX, an d then later imposed an embargo, thus crippling the rum industry.
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There is a conjunction missing:

They imposed high taxes, passing the law in 19XX, and then later imposed an embargo, thus crippling the rum industry.

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