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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
implied ending
to me the below sentence feels incorrect:
"...with four clubs being granted one of the remaining slots."
as I read it there were X number of slots remaining, and the four clubs got one of them. I have since been told that the sentence is correct due to the implied "each" at the end of it, but it feels wrong to have to depend on implied words to make a sentence correct?
Anyone got a better way of explaining why it's correct?
"...with four clubs being granted one of the remaining slots."
as I read it there were X number of slots remaining, and the four clubs got one of them. I have since been told that the sentence is correct due to the implied "each" at the end of it, but it feels wrong to have to depend on implied words to make a sentence correct?
Anyone got a better way of explaining why it's correct?
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Anonymous as I read it there were X number of slots remaining, and the four clubs got one of them. It is a subtlety few will notice, but I don't think an 'implied "each" ' is a valid rationalization. It is 'correct' only because most readers would understand what the writer is trying to say—as happens more often than we would like in written English.
- Anonymous as I read it there were X number of slots remaining, and the four clubs got one of them.
- It is a subtlety few will notice, but I don't think an 'implied "each" ' is a valid rationalization.
- It is 'correct' only because most readers would understand what the writer is trying to say—as happens more often than we would like in written English.
- 'Each' should have been included by a careful writer.
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Anonymousas I read it there were X number of slots remaining, and the four clubs got one of them.It is a subtlety few will notice, but I don't think an 'implied "each" ' is a valid rationalization. It is 'correct' only because most readers would understand what the writer is trying to say—as happens more often than we would like in written English.
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