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Persian Learner Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence grammatically true?

Hi.

" Wounded by an assassin's bullet while he was watching a play at the Ford Theater, death came to Lincoln a few hours after being shot."

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Persian Learner Is this sentence grammatically correct? true? That sentence may be grammatical, but it's not a good sentence at all.

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  • Persian Learner Is this sentence grammatically correct?
  • true?
  • That sentence may be grammatical, but it's not a good sentence at all.
  • It implies that it was death (not Lincoln) who got shot and wounded!
  • , Wounded by an assassin's bullet while he was watching a play at the Ford Theater, Lincoln succumbed to death came to Lincoln a few hours after being shot.
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Persian Learner Is this sentence grammatically correct? true?
That sentence may be grammatical, but it's not a good sentence at all. It implies that it was death (not Lincoln) who got shot and wounded!

Try, e.g.,

Wounded by an assassin's bullet while he was watching a play at the Ford Theater, Lincoln succumbed to
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" Wounded by an assassin's bullet while he was watching a play at the Ford Theater, death came to Lincoln a few hours after being shot."

The underlined part means this:
Death was wounded by an assassin's bullet while he was watching a play at the Ford Theater.
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