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Taka Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

parenthesis

0 01i00Ken is innocent.02br
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02i00If '01font00having an alibi02font00' is to be used as a parenthesis, is it:02br
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01i00(1) Ken, 01font00having an alibi02font00, is innocent.02br
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01i00(2) Ken is, 01font00having an alibi02font00, innocent.02br
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02i00or both (1) and (2) are acceptable?0-
  

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12br 12blockquote 10#1 is correct. 0-

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01cite10Taka12cite11i10Ken is innocent.12br
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12i10If '11font10having an alibi12font10' is to be used as a parenthesis, is it:12br
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11i10(1) Ken, 11font10having an alibi12font10, i
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0I think #1 would be much more usual; #2 has the air of a qualifying afterthought during conversation, e.g.02br
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001. Ken is – having an alibi – innocent.02br
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01cite10MrPedantic12cite10I think #1 would be much more usual; #2 has the air of a qualifying afterthought during conversation, e.g.12br
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101. Ken is – having an alibi – innocent.12br
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10MrP12br
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10So, do you think it's possible to generalize it as fo
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0I wouldn't like to generalize; I think much might depend on the content. But of these:02br
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001. Ken, having no siblings, is an only child.02br
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002. Ken is – having no siblings – an only child.02br
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003. Ken is an only child, having no siblings.02br
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00#1 seems the "normal" structure; while #2 and #
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0 OK.02br
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00Finally, let me make sure one thing, from a structual point of view.02br
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01i00(1)S auxil.verb/be, 01font00x00 ,00 02font00 V 02br
00(2)S, 01font00x02font00 , auxil.verb/beV02br
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0 Not incorrect, but not usual. Your understanding is correct. 0-
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0 Thank you.02br
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00The last ones are wrongly numbered, but I think you noticed it.0-
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