Is this natural?
Everyone except officer John McClane who was running around the top floors single-handedly trying to take down the terrorists.
Is this phrased naturally?
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anonymous Is this phrased naturally? Not bad, but if I had written that, I would add a comma, and move and change "single-handedly" (he was not single-handedly trying): Everyone except officer John McClane, who was running around the top floors trying to take down the terrorists single-handed. The adverb drops the "-ly" when it's after the verb.
- anonymous Is this phrased naturally?
- Not bad, but if I had written that, I would add a comma, and move and change "single-handedly" (he was not single-handedly trying): Everyone except officer John McClane, who was running around the top floors trying to take down the terrorists single-handed.
- The adverb drops the "-ly" when it's after the verb.
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anonymousIs this phrased naturally?
Not bad, but if I had written that, I would add a comma, and move and change "single-handedly" (he was not single-handedly trying):
Everyone except officer John McClane, who was running around the top floors trying to take down the terrorists single-handed.
The adverb drops the "-ly" when it's after the verb.
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