Are underlined parts correct grammatically? Or they are incorrect but acceptable due to the writer's style?
1) I was nearing the end of a brief seasonal job when I noticed that my favorite town house had been put up for sale. "A Federal Gem," the papers would have called it. Four stories tall, the building stood on a quiet, tree-lined block enclosing a private garden.
2) Our bottles drained, Patrick would carry us back to what everyone but Lyle agreed was the center of the universe.
Thank you,
M
Top answer
They seem fine to me.
— Mister Micawber
They seem fine to me.
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