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Cboutin3 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Is this correct with the use of "which"?

After several days of work, Nanfoodle and Regis deciphered the text on the scrolls from the underground city, which was a language that was a mixture of dwarven and orcish alphabets.
  

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Yes, the relative pronoun which is correct here. The first reading of the sentence might be confusing to some because of the "distance" between the pronoun and its antecedent. Probably not to worry, though.

  • Yes, the relative pronoun which is correct here.
  • The first reading of the sentence might be confusing to some because of the "distance" between the pronoun and its antecedent.
  • Probably not to worry, though.
  • " Even though it's fiction, should you capitalize the names of the languages, as you would normally do in English?
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Yes, the relative pronoun which is correct here. The first reading of the sentence might be confusing to some because of the "distance" between the pronoun and its antecedent. Probably not to worry, though. You could change the sentence structure to include a semi-colon after city and begin again with "the language was a mixture of...."

Even though it's fiction, should y

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