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PreciousJones Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Extras

Yes, it will be more than $500, but the extras we can pay for it out of our own pockets.

Is this sentence grammatically correct?

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Top answer

Almost. but the extras we can pay for it out of our own pockets', you have implemented a relatively nonstandard use of self-referential anaphora. The third person, singular, impersonal, object pronoun 'it' is unnecessary, and the noun phrase 'the extras' is sufficiently informative for its purpose.

— Anonymous

  • Almost.
  • but the extras we can pay for it out of our own pockets', you have implemented a relatively nonstandard use of self-referential anaphora.
  • The third person, singular, impersonal, object pronoun 'it' is unnecessary, and the noun phrase 'the extras' is sufficiently informative for its purpose.
  • Your syntax is also a bit inverted, forcing it into the passive voice in the same fragment.
  • Although not necessarily incorrect, it can make understanding a little more difficult.
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Almost. In the fragment '...but the extras we can pay for it out of our own pockets', you have implemented a relatively nonstandard use of self-referential anaphora. The third person, singular, impersonal, object pronoun 'it' is unnecessary, and the noun phrase 'the extras' is sufficiently informative for its purpose. Your syntax is also a bit inverted, forcing it into the passive voice in the sa
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PreciousJonesYes, it will be more than $500, but the extras we can pay for it out of our own pockets.
Is this sentence grammatically correct? no
1. Omit "it".
2. The underlined does not have the usual word order, but you can hear t
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