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What is wrong with this sentence: Gently wrapping it in the towel, his big strong hands (referring to David's dad as mentioned in the previous sentence) help David support the newborn kitten.
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Anonymous What is wrong I wouldn't say it's wrong, but it's unusual. His big strong hands may be gently wrapping the kitten in a towel, but we'd usually say that he (David's dad) was wrapping the kitten in a towel. It's also a little unusual (but not wrong) to have the pronoun form ( it ) appear first and so far away from its 'antecedent' ( the newborn kitten ).
- Anonymous What is wrong I wouldn't say it's wrong, but it's unusual.
- His big strong hands may be gently wrapping the kitten in a towel, but we'd usually say that he (David's dad) was wrapping the kitten in a towel.
- It's also a little unusual (but not wrong) to have the pronoun form ( it ) appear first and so far away from its 'antecedent' ( the newborn kitten ).
- The 'normal' order is to mention the kitten first and its pronomial form ( it ) later.
- CJ
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AnonymousWhat is wrongI wouldn't say it's wrong, but it's unusual. His big strong hands may be gently wrapping the kitten in a towel, but we'd usually say that he (David's dad) was wrapping the kitten in a towel. It's also a little unusual (but not wrong) to have the pronoun form (it) appear first and so far away from its 'antecedent' (
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