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MeggPhaggSioux Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Look On Dejected(ly)

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"Booing rung around the Palace as Harrison's hand was raised as champion, as Sprott looked on dejected. "

Should "dejected" have been "dejectedly"? "dejected" comes after the verb phrase "looked on", so maybe "dejected" should be in adverb form?
  

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A comma has to be included: Booing rung around the Palace as Harrison's hand was raised as champion, as Sprott looked on , dejected .

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  • A comma has to be included: Booing rung around the Palace as Harrison's hand was raised as champion, as Sprott looked on , dejected .
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A comma has to be included:

Booing rung around the Palace as Harrison's hand was raised as champion, as Sprott looked on, dejected.
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Hi,

Booing rang around . . .

Having those three uses of 'as' is terrible style. I'd at least replace the last one with 'while'.

Clive
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Could this be correct:

"The losing team looked on dejected near the end of the game."

Because the following seems to be correct:

"The losing team went home dejected."
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The losing team looked on dejected near the end of the game.-- Yes, or 'dejectedly'. Yours is an adjective and mine is an adverb. There's a name for that kind of modification, but I've forgotten it. It only works with certain kinds of verbs.
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