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He issued an attack on her at the company,describing her as a poor programmer.

He issued an attack on her at the company, with him describing her as a poor programmer.

Is this still classed as the same type of usage/sentence structure with or with out the alteration ?

Just another pale imitation, another bad example of watering down the fear factor.

It's just another pale imitation. Another bad example of watering down the fear factor.

Is it just the lack of determiner that defines it as introuductory ? If I add it's does it require two separate sentences ?

CalifJim · Accepted Answer

panda blue 483He issued an attack on her at the company, describing her as a poor programmer.
He issued an attack on her at the company, with him describing her as a poor programmer.
Is this still classed as the same type of usage/sentence structure with or with out the alteration ?

The basic structure is the same, whatever that means. 'with him' makes the subject of the clause explicit, but it's already there implicitly, so that addition leaves a rather cloddish impression.

panda blue 483Just another pale imitation, another bad example of watering down the fear factor.
It's just another pale imitation. Another bad example of watering down the fear factor.

The first example is not a complete sentence. The expected "It's" at the beginning is missing. The second part of the second example is likewise not a complete sentence.

panda blue 483Is it just the lack of determiner that defines it [What? What's 'it'?] as ~~introuductory ?~~ introductory?

I don't know what is supposed to be introductory in those examples, and I don't see what determiner is supposedly lacking.

panda blue 483If I add it's does it require two separate sentences?

No. You can use a comma or an em-dash. You don't have two sentences there to begin with.

It's just another pale imitation, another bad example of watering down the fear factor.
It's just another pale imitation — another bad example of watering down the fear factor.

In certain styles, but not in formal academic style, you can omit "It's" as was done in your original example. This is a stylistic decision rather than a grammatical decision.

CJ

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