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Haddie Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Is this correct?

Some people are too arrogant to ever admit to their mistakes, XYZ being one.
Is this sentence okay?
  

Top answer

Yes.

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Haddieokay?
Yes, but I'd write it very slightly differently.

Some people are too arrogant ever to admit their mistakes, for example, XYZ.

CJ
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Some people are too arrogant to ever admit to their mistakes, XYZ being one.
Is this sentence okay?

There's a slight possibility that this could mean that XYZ is one of the mistakes.
I suggest
Some people, XYZ being one, are too arrogant to ever admit to their mistakes,
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CliveThere's a slight possibility that this could mean that XYZ is one of the mistakes.
Slight? That's what I thought it meant!
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Oh, I see. I took XYZ to represent a person.
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CliveI took XYZ to represent a person.
I think I was supposed to take it that way too, but the word order tricked me.

CJ
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I thought XYZ was a person.
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