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Aditileo Posted 13 years ago
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Please check if this sentence is correct

But his ecstasy was short livid; for his mind escape had resulted in a traffic chaos with the signal having got cleared and him still out there.

I think this "Him" should be replaced with "him being"; what do you think?
  

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The sentence reads a bit garbled, but the thing you're asking about is not. I see what you mean, but it's OK the way it is because "with" is yoked with both "the signal having got cleared" and "him still out there". If you had only the second element, you would have that something happened with him still out there, which is plain English.

— Enoon

  • The sentence reads a bit garbled, but the thing you're asking about is not.
  • I see what you mean, but it's OK the way it is because "with" is yoked with both "the signal having got cleared" and "him still out there".
  • If you had only the second element, you would have that something happened with him still out there, which is plain English.
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The sentence reads a bit garbled, but the thing you're asking about is not. I see what you mean, but it's OK the way it is because "with" is yoked with both "the signal having got cleared" and "him still out there". If you had only the second element, you would have that something happened with him still out there, which is plain English.
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