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Dong Min Son Posted 13 years ago
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Is there any mistake in this sentence?

He was the first person of African decent to win the Nobel Prize of Physics. The first amongst/of millions who preceded him in life.
  

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Dong Min Son He was the first person of African decent to win the Nobel Prize of Physics. The first amongst/of millions who preceded him in life. The second part is not a complete sentence, so you might consider appending it after a dash, thus: He was the first person of African de s cent to win the Nobel Prize in Physics — the first among millions who preceded him.

— CalifJim

  • Dong Min Son He was the first person of African decent to win the Nobel Prize of Physics.
  • The first amongst/of millions who preceded him in life.
  • The second part is not a complete sentence, so you might consider appending it after a dash, thus: He was the first person of African de s cent to win the Nobel Prize in Physics — the first among millions who preceded him.
  • CJ
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Dong Min SonHe was the first person of African decent to win the Nobel Prize of Physics. The first amongst/of millions who preceded him in life.
The second part is not a complete sentence, so you might consider appending it after a dash, thus:

He was the first person of African descent to win the Nobel Prize
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It's not clear to me what you mean by "preceded him in life."
I note that CJ chose to delete "in life." But without it, I'm really scratching my head.
I suspect that people of African decent who preceded him (in life) number in the billions.
On the other hand, the number of physicists of African decent who preceded him in life probably don't number in the millions.
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