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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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Is this okay?

She sat down at the dinner table — the only thing still standing after thieves had ransacked her apartment.

Does this sound okay?

Thanks in advance.

  

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standing doesn't sound quite right. Do you mean that everything else was smashed? Don't get into the habit of using a lot of dashes.

— Clive

  • standing doesn't sound quite right.
  • Do you mean that everything else was smashed?
  • Don't get into the habit of using a lot of dashes.
  • Instead, you could say .
  • .
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standing doesn't sound quite right. Do you mean that everything else was smashed?

Don't get into the habit of using a lot of dashes. Instead, you could say . . . which was the only thing . . .

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