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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
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help with sentence!
any suggestions w/ following sentence?
It was a week after graduation and I, sitting in a hotel room in Ohio, had just gotten off the phone with my agent Mary; Monomoy Books, the publshing company that promised pulication of my book just a few months earlier, had justed filed bankruptcy.
It was a week after graduation and I, sitting in a hotel room in Ohio, had just gotten off the phone with my agent Mary; Monomoy Books, the publshing company that promised pulication of my book just a few months earlier, had justed filed bankruptcy.
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Hi, It was a week after graduation and I, sitting in a hotel room in Ohio, had just gotten off the phone with my agent Mary; Monomoy Books, the publshing company that promised pulication of my book just a few months earlier, had justed filed bankruptcy. I would write it thus: It was a week after graduation and I, sitting in a hotel room in Ohio, had just got off the phone with my agent , Mary; Monomoy Books, the publishing company that promised publication of my book just a few months earlier (no comma) had just filed for bankruptcy. 'Gotten' is OK, but I prefer 'got'.
- Hi, It was a week after graduation and I, sitting in a hotel room in Ohio, had just gotten off the phone with my agent Mary; Monomoy Books, the publshing company that promised pulication of my book just a few months earlier, had justed filed bankruptcy.
- I would write it thus: It was a week after graduation and I, sitting in a hotel room in Ohio, had just got off the phone with my agent , Mary; Monomoy Books, the publishing company that promised publication of my book just a few months earlier (no comma) had just filed for bankruptcy.
- 'Gotten' is OK, but I prefer 'got'.
- for bankruptcy' is more common.
- The other things may just be typos.
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Hi,
It was a week after graduation and I, sitting in a hotel room in Ohio, had just gotten off the phone with my agent Mary; Monomoy Books, the publshing company that promised pulication of my book just a few months earlier, had justed filed bankruptcy.
I would write it thus:
It was a week after graduation and I,
It was a week after graduation and I, sitting in a hotel room in Ohio, had just gotten off the phone with my agent Mary; Monomoy Books, the publshing company that promised pulication of my book just a few months earlier, had justed filed bankruptcy.
I would write it thus:
It was a week after graduation and I,
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It was a week after graduation, and I, sitting in a hotel room in Ohio, had just gotten off the phone with my agent Mary; Monomoy Books, the publishing company that had promised publication of my book just a few months earlier, had just filed for bankruptcy.
I think both commas are needed in the second half, paceClive
I think both commas are needed in the second half, paceClive
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Hi,
Yes, both commas are needed in the second half. I was careless.
Thanks, CJ
Clive
Yes, both commas are needed in the second half. I was careless.
Thanks, CJ
Clive
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