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Clee62 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
is it a correct sentence?
Hi,
I came across a sentence while i am reading the Hunger Games. i am not sure if it is a typo or author's unique writing style. Here it says" Most of the stylists they interview on television are so dyed, stenciled, and surgically altered they're grotesque. " should there be a conjunction between two sentences? and grotesque in the case is an adjective?
thanks
I came across a sentence while i am reading the Hunger Games. i am not sure if it is a typo or author's unique writing style. Here it says" Most of the stylists they interview on television are so dyed, stenciled, and surgically altered they're grotesque. " should there be a conjunction between two sentences? and grotesque in the case is an adjective?
thanks
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" But native speakers often leave it out: It is so hot (that) I could cook an egg on the sidewalk (pavement). Yes, I believe (that) "grotesque" is, indeed, an adjective. S.
- " But native speakers often leave it out: It is so hot (that) I could cook an egg on the sidewalk (pavement).
- Yes, I believe (that) "grotesque" is, indeed, an adjective.
- S.
- ) native speakers would leave it out.
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Hello, Clee:
I believe that you are correct: there should be a "that" after the word "altered." But native speakers often leave it out:
It is so hot (that) I could cook an egg on the sidewalk (pavement).
Yes, I believe (that) "grotesque" is, indeed, an adjective.
P.S. And I believe that there should be a "whom" after the word "stylists," but "of course,
I believe that you are correct: there should be a "that" after the word "altered." But native speakers often leave it out:
It is so hot (that) I could cook an egg on the sidewalk (pavement).
Yes, I believe (that) "grotesque" is, indeed, an adjective.
P.S. And I believe that there should be a "whom" after the word "stylists," but "of course,
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"Most of the stylists they interview on television are so dyed, stenciled, and surgically altered (that) they're grotesque".
Personally, I'd include it because of the length of text that precedes it, and the fact that if a speaker were to pause before uttering the word "they're", the clause may come across as a separate sentence; which (without a change of meaning) would render the
Personally, I'd include it because of the length of text that precedes it, and the fact that if a speaker were to pause before uttering the word "they're", the clause may come across as a separate sentence; which (without a change of meaning) would render the
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