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Rommel Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Is this sentence of mine a very good one?

Is this sentence of mine a very good one? If not, how can I improve it?

A handful of cops barged into my room, pointing their guns at all other people in the room, including my parents.
  

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Assuming that they pointed their guns at you also, here is my suggestion: A handful of cops barged into my room, pointing their guns at everyone inside, including my parents. "

  • Assuming that they pointed their guns at you also, here is my suggestion: A handful of cops barged into my room, pointing their guns at everyone inside, including my parents.
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Assuming that they pointed their guns at you also, here is my suggestion:

A handful of cops barged into my room, pointing their guns at everyone inside, including my parents.

This avoids the awkwardness of "all the other people" and the repetition of "room."
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Doctor D, I am NOT included among those people at whom the cops pointed their guns.
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RommelI am NOT included among those people at whom the cops pointed their guns
Because you were a child, I suppose. Then:

A handful of cops barged into my room, pointing their guns at my parents and everyone else except me.
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Mister Micawber, thank you very much for making my sentence clearer. I wish I could be an intelligent grammarian just like you. Emotion: big smile
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Mister Micawber, would it be fine if I write the sentence Then, two white-clad ladies, whom I guessed were social workers, took me away from the scene as they murmured, ‘You’re safe now, little boy…’ after the sentence All of a sudden, a handful of cops barged into my room, pointing their guns at my parents and everyone else except me? Would there not be any connotation that t
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RommelMister Micawber, would it be fine if I write the sentence
Yes.
RommelWould there not be any connotation that the two white-clad ladies were among those persons at whom the cops pointed their guns?
No.

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