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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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In this world / to clean

This person is having a conservation with other man. Thanks for your help

Is that correct to write in this world?

Is the tense/syntax correct - continued to clean the street

I don't have anyone in my life, I'm all alone in this world, "and he continued to clean the street.

  

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anonymous I don't have anyone in my life, I'm all alone in this world, "and he continued to clean the street. Various things have gone wrong with this. It is not a complete sentence: the words "he said", or similar, appear to be missing.

  • anonymous I don't have anyone in my life, I'm all alone in this world, "and he continued to clean the street.
  • Various things have gone wrong with this.
  • It is not a complete sentence: the words "he said", or similar, appear to be missing.
  • " is spoken dialogue, which I assume is not the intention.
  • Strictly speaking, the first part, which I suppose is the spoken part, is a comma splice, albeit a relatively benign one.
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anonymousI don't have anyone in my life, I'm all alone in this world, "and he continued to clean the street.

Various things have gone wrong with this. It is not a complete sentence: the words "he said", or similar, appear to be missing. Also the quotation mark is unmatched and the spacing is wrong, suggesting that "and he continued ..." is spoken dialogue,

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