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Repi Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Other people have apparently seen … other things … although none of them especially sinister or frightening.

Why not:
Other people have apparently seen … other things … although none of them ARE especially sinister or frightening?
Is this sentence incorrect or can we miss out the verb after although?
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I feel the "although" makes the verb much easier to read. Without the although, I'd use a comma. Compare to a simpler sentence: I received a lot of advice, none of it helpful.

— BarbaraPA

  • I feel the "although" makes the verb much easier to read.
  • Without the although, I'd use a comma.
  • Compare to a simpler sentence: I received a lot of advice, none of it helpful.
  • Same structure but the absence of the verb probably does not trouble you.
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I feel the "although" makes the verb much easier to read.

Without the although, I'd use a comma.

Compare to a simpler sentence: I received a lot of advice, none of it helpful.

Same structure but the absence of the verb probably does not trouble you.
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Yes, but doesn't a comma/although start a new clause? It would be OK in your example if 'receive' related to the fact that none of them is useful. You received sg, could be anything and that thing IS something(unuseful). Could you tell me which grammar rule I should revise to start understanding it?
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