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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Grammar help pls
I was reading a book, the hobbit, and a sentence confused me with the comma placements and such . So this is how the sentence was written:
''And suddenly first one and then another began to sing as they played, deep-throated singing of the dwarves in the deep places of their ancient homes;and this is like a fragment of their song, if it can be like their song without their music''
I don't understand why the commas was placed between word 'played' and 'deep-throated'. It doesn't make sense to me
Can you tell me how this is grammatically correct?
''And suddenly first one and then another began to sing as they played, deep-throated singing of the dwarves in the deep places of their ancient homes;and this is like a fragment of their song, if it can be like their song without their music''
I don't understand why the commas was placed between word 'played' and 'deep-throated'. It doesn't make sense to me
Can you tell me how this is grammatically correct?
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It's an unusual sentence construction. I would understand it to mean And suddenly first one and then another began to sing as they played. Their singing was the deep-throated singing of the dwarves in the deep places of their ancient homes...
- It's an unusual sentence construction.
- I would understand it to mean And suddenly first one and then another began to sing as they played.
- Their singing was the deep-throated singing of the dwarves in the deep places of their ancient homes...
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It's an unusual sentence construction. I would understand it to mean And suddenly first one and then another began to sing as they played. Their singing was the deep-throated singing of the dwarves in the deep places of their ancient homes...
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