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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Peter claimed that the company ...shower[ed] stockholders with a million...

0I'm quoting the following sentence found under the topic of 01i00use of Brackets02i00 in a certain grammar book:02br
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01i01font00They are used to indicate a slight change in the original quotation.02font02i02br
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01i01font00Peter claimed that the company ...shower[ed] stockholders with a million dollars worth of dividends every three years.02font02i02br
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01b00Questions:02b02br
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01b00102b00: 01font00Why is 01i00ed02i00 included in brackets in 01i00shower[ed]02i00?02font02br
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01b00202b00: 01font00Is that sentence in indirect narration?02font02br
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01b00302b00: 01font00If it is then what possible verb(s) will come between 01i00company02i00 and 01i00shower[ed]02i00?02font00 Example: 01i00Peter claimed that the company 01b00has showered02b00 stockholders with a million dollars worth of dividends every three years.02i0-
  

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02br 02br 003-- We don't know what has been omitted from the place of the ellipsis. Perhaps it is something like:02br 02br 01i 01font 00Peter claimed that the company01b 00, without consulting the President's wife, decided to shower02b 00 stockholders with a million dollars02br 02br 02font 02i 00 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • 02br 02br 003-- We don't know what has been omitted from the place of the ellipsis.
  • Perhaps it is something like:02br 02br 01i 01font 00Peter claimed that the company01b 00, without consulting the President's wife, decided to shower02b 00 stockholders with a million dollars02br 02br 02font 02i 00 0-
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01-- the 01i00-ed02i00 is not in the original text; the writer here has added it to make the grammar of the excerpt correct.02br
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002-- Yes.02br
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003-- We don't know what has been omitted from the place of the ellipsis. Perhaps it is something like:02br
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