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Cboutin3 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Is the use of "while en route" correct?

In 424 AC, Krogan Boyla, the prince of the Uigan, came to visit the White Sky Clan, but he and his bodyguards were ambushed by a band of Kazar tribesmen while en route.
  

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came to visit suggests they reached the clan. but . .

  • came to visit suggests they reached the clan.
  • but .
  • .
  • ambushed en route suggests they did not complete the journey.
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came to visit suggests they reached the clan.

but . . . ambushed en route suggests they did not complete the journey.

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Thanks, does this revision look better?
In 424 AC, Krogan Boyla, the prince of the Uigan, traveled to visit the White Sky Clan, but he and his bodyguards were ambushed by a band of Kazar tribesmen while en route.

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