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Chris2010 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Grammatical corection

Is the below mentioned sentence grammatically correct?

"Unfortunately, the immense benefits have long been missed, and the practice, for many, seems insignificant. "
  

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"Unfortunately, the immense benefits have long been missed, and the practice, for many, seems insignificant. K. grammatically.

— Anonymous

  • "Unfortunately, the immense benefits have long been missed, and the practice, for many, seems insignificant.
  • K.
  • grammatically.
  • There are two main clauses with their subjects ("the immense benefits" and "the practice") with their verbs respectively ("have been missed" and "seems"), with adverbials ("Unfortunately" and "long") and adjectival modifiers ("immense" and "insignificant") rightly placed.
  • The preposition phrase "for many" preceded and followed by commas and the sentence adverb "Unfortunately" is correctly followed by a comma as well.
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chris2010 Is the below mentioned sentence grammatically correct?"Unfortunately, the immense benefits have long been missed, and the practice, for many, seems insignificant. "
It's O.K. grammatically.

There are two main clauses with their subjects ("the immense benefits" and "the practice") with their verbs respectively ("have been missed" and "seems")
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Anonymouswith adverbials ("Unfortunately" and "long") and adjectival modifiers ("immense" and "insignificant") rightly placed.
Why don't you just call them adverbs and adjectives?
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Aspara Gus Anonymouswith adverbials ("Unfortunately" and "long") and adjectival modifiers ("immense" and "insignificant") rightly placed.Why don't you just call them adverbs and adjectives?
Because they are function words when parsing.
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Thanks a lot for the detailed explanation. It was really helpful ! Emotion: yes
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