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Amiramim Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Is ''stopping'' here incorrect

Reporting on the incident to the public through radio and explaining the reasons for the stopping of the distribution,
Is ''stopping ''here incorrect ?

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Grammatically, it's correct, but the whole sentence sounds contrived and awkward.

  • Grammatically, it's correct, but the whole sentence sounds contrived and awkward.
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Grammatically, it's correct, but the whole sentence sounds contrived and awkward.
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It is not grammatically correct. The whole sentence assuming the comma is a period is a compound gerund fragment with out a main verb.

Reporting on the incident to the public through radio and explaining the reasons for the stopping of the distribution + verb + predicate.

Reporting on the incident to the public through radio and explaining the reasons for the stopping of the dis
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It’s not a sentence.
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Aspara GusIt’s not a sentence.
I agree. Since it's not a sentence, I will assume that the comma is intentional.

Reporting (on) the incident to the public through radio and explaining the reasons for the stopping of the distribution, .....
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amiramimReporting on the incident to the public through radio and explaining the reasons for the stopping of the distribution
You need a subject, for example "we". I would change it thus:

We are reporting the incident on the radio and explaining the reasons for stopping the distribution.

Another possibility:

We are reporti
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CalifJimYou need a subject,
But if we take the OP at face value, a predicate is what is needed. It would be nice if we had some feedback from the original poster.
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thank you for your precious help .

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