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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Is this correct, grammatically?

"there’s no end in sight for a new government"

  

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I think that certain elements of writing style fall under the grammar rubric, capitalization and punctuation among them, because they affect meaning, and indeed often determine it. Although your phrase has no first capital and no closing punctuation, it reads like a sentence, albeit a flawed one, so I am going to go out on a limb and say it is ungrammatical on those counts alone. Besides that, "a" stikes a sour note, and I can't tell what you mean.

  • I think that certain elements of writing style fall under the grammar rubric, capitalization and punctuation among them, because they affect meaning, and indeed often determine it.
  • Although your phrase has no first capital and no closing punctuation, it reads like a sentence, albeit a flawed one, so I am going to go out on a limb and say it is ungrammatical on those counts alone.
  • Besides that, "a" stikes a sour note, and I can't tell what you mean.
  • There has to be an entity for whom no end is in sight, and "a government" is too nebulous for that.
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I think that certain elements of writing style fall under the grammar rubric, capitalization and punctuation among them, because they affect meaning, and indeed often determine it. Although your phrase has no first capital and no closing punctuation, it reads like a sentence, albeit a flawed one, so I am going to go out on a limb and say it is ungrammatical on those counts alone.

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