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Michaelbr Posted 14 years ago
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is this sentence correct?
"After running for three blocks Seagraves abandoned his pet, a waiting car was climbed into and he was back at his home less than an hour later."
I think the phrase "a waiting car was climbed into" means that he climbed into a car, but it seems weird the way the author wrote it, is it normal to write this way?
I think the phrase "a waiting car was climbed into" means that he climbed into a car, but it seems weird the way the author wrote it, is it normal to write this way?
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michaelbr is it normal to write this way? No. The writer is David Baldacci, who wrote Absolute Power , which was made into that Clint Eastwood movie.
- michaelbr is it normal to write this way?
- No.
- The writer is David Baldacci, who wrote Absolute Power , which was made into that Clint Eastwood movie.
- When I first read your excerpt, I thought it might be a hard-boiled detective yarn; such labored language is characteristic.
- I guess he borrowed a little from that style.
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michaelbris it normal to write this way?No. The writer is David Baldacci, who wrote Absolute Power, which was made into that Clint Eastwood movie. When I first read your excerpt, I thought it might be a hard-boiled detective yarn; such labored language is characteristic. I guess he borrowed a little from that style. The sentence is peculiar because of
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