Grammar structure
Please tell if the following sentence is grammatically correct " Having been at school together, Mike and John had been playing their music untill they hit the big time" Thanks
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Perhaps it could be argued that technically it is grammatical, but it is not a good sentence. The tense combination is awkward, and overall the sentence seems unbalanced. Spelling: until .
- Perhaps it could be argued that technically it is grammatical, but it is not a good sentence.
- The tense combination is awkward, and overall the sentence seems unbalanced.
- Spelling: until .
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Perhaps it could be argued that technically it is grammatical, but it is not a good sentence. The tense combination is awkward, and overall the sentence seems unbalanced.
Spelling: until.
0You are saying that they played their music until they became famous. Then you are adding a participle clause (having been at school together) that suggests the reason they did this. In other words, you're suggesting that
They played until they became famous because they were at school together.
The until-clause interferes with the suggestio
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