Is this acceptable English?
Is this sentence grammatically acceptable?
While under oath, what you say is supposed to be severely scrutinized.
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While under oath, what you say is supposed to be severely scrutinized. Better grammar is What you say while under oath is supposed to be severely scrutinized. I don't clearly understand your meaning.
- While under oath, what you say is supposed to be severely scrutinized.
- Better grammar is What you say while under oath is supposed to be severely scrutinized.
- I don't clearly understand your meaning.
- eg Does 'supposed to be' mean that sometimes it isn't?
- eg What does 'severely' mean here?
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While under oath, what you say is supposed to be severely scrutinized.
Better grammar is What you say while under oath is supposed to be severely scrutinized.
I don't clearly understand your meaning.
eg Does 'supposed to be' mean that sometimes it isn't?
eg What does 'severely' mean here? Perhaps you mean 'carefully'.
Clive
0That's a dangler. It says that what you say is under oath. It is not. You are. It is not a bad one, and I probably say similar things every day, but it's better not to.
Your meaning is not clear, but giving you the benefit of the doubt and retaining the plain meaning of your sentence, "While you are under oath, what you say is supposed to be severely scrutinized."
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