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Pvunderink Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Grammar?
Can someone please check if the following sentence is correct?
I have got two concerns. Is it appropriate to use 'they' when I'm talking about the reports? Should I use a comma before 'and'?
Are there other mistakes?
Sentence:
"However, most reports do not alter their framework, they simply acknowledge the presence of multicollinearity, and are aware of the possible consequences."
I have got two concerns. Is it appropriate to use 'they' when I'm talking about the reports? Should I use a comma before 'and'?
Are there other mistakes?
Sentence:
"However, most reports do not alter their framework, they simply acknowledge the presence of multicollinearity, and are aware of the possible consequences."
Top answer
1. You have a comma splice. The "they simply acknowledge" is the start of a new sentence and you can't grammatically join it to the prior sentence with a comma.
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- You have a comma splice.
- The "they simply acknowledge" is the start of a new sentence and you can't grammatically join it to the prior sentence with a comma.
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- The comma before "and" is not correct under strict grammar principles, but if it helps bring clarity to the sentence, you can leave it in.
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1. You have a comma splice. The "they simply acknowledge" is the start of a new sentence and you can't grammatically join it to the prior sentence with a comma.
2. The comma before "and" is not correct under strict grammar principles, but if it helps bring clarity to the sentence, you can leave it in.
3. Reports might "acknowledge" something, but they can't be "aware" of anythin
2. The comma before "and" is not correct under strict grammar principles, but if it helps bring clarity to the sentence, you can leave it in.
3. Reports might "acknowledge" something, but they can't be "aware" of anythin
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I find it hard to find anything that replaces 'aware'.
Maybe:
"take possible consequences into consideration"
Do you have a better word in mind?
Maybe:
"take possible consequences into consideration"
Do you have a better word in mind?
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Reports can present, lay out, describe, make known, introduce, allege, acknowledge, and many other things.
But the report itself is not a thinking object. It can't be aware of anything. The writer of the report may take something into consideration, but the report does not. If you need to stress something like that, then you need to refer to the authors of the report, not the report itse
But the report itself is not a thinking object. It can't be aware of anything. The writer of the report may take something into consideration, but the report does not. If you need to stress something like that, then you need to refer to the authors of the report, not the report itse
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