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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Does this make sense? im writing an essay...
I'm writing an essay and I'm not sure if this sounds right...help me?
"The son of itinerant actors, David Poe Jr. and Elizabeth Hopkins Poe, Edgar Allan Poe was abandoned in 1811, when he was just over a year old, after his father left the family and his mother died of tuberculosis. Having no other relations to care for him, Poe was taken into the family of John Allan, a wealthy merchant."
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"The son of itinerant actors, David Poe Jr. and Elizabeth Hopkins Poe, Edgar Allan Poe was abandoned in 1811, when he was just over a year old, after his father left the family and his mother died of tuberculosis. Having no other relations to care for him, Poe was taken into the family of John Allan, a wealthy merchant."
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It is a bit curious, and hard to parse at first. The single phrase, "The son of itinerant actors," gives rise to two separate appositives, one following the other. " (The son, Edgar Allan Poe).
- It is a bit curious, and hard to parse at first.
- The single phrase, "The son of itinerant actors," gives rise to two separate appositives, one following the other.
- " (The son, Edgar Allan Poe).
- " (Actors, David & Elizabeth).
- It would probably help to get rid of the first comma, at least making the first match clear.
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It is a bit curious, and hard to parse at first.
The single phrase, "The son of itinerant actors," gives rise to two separate appositives, one following the other.
The second appositive matches up with the first noun, "the son." (The son, Edgar Allan Poe).
The first appositive matches up with the second noun, "actors." (Actors, David & Elizabeth).
It would probably help to
The single phrase, "The son of itinerant actors," gives rise to two separate appositives, one following the other.
The second appositive matches up with the first noun, "the son." (The son, Edgar Allan Poe).
The first appositive matches up with the second noun, "actors." (Actors, David & Elizabeth).
It would probably help to
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