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Parende Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Prepositional phrase

It would be better written in an active voice, with the chicken in the driver's seat where it belongs.

Can I rephrase this sentence as the following? If not, why?

It would be better written in an active voice, the chicken sitting in the driver's seat where it belongs.

  

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parende Can I rephrase this sentence as the following? Even ignoring the fact that chickens don't belong in driver's seats, no. parende If not, why?

  • parende Can I rephrase this sentence as the following?
  • Even ignoring the fact that chickens don't belong in driver's seats, no.
  • parende If not, why?
  • Because a sentence should express a thought, but the two clauses are not closely related enough.
  • " By the way, it's "active voice", not "an active voice", the same way it's "present tense", not "a present tense".
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parendeCan I rephrase this sentence as the following?

Even ignoring the fact that chickens don't belong in driver's seats, no.

parendeIf not, why?

Because a sentence should express a thought, but the two clauses are not closely related enough. They look at each other across the comma thinking "What are you doing th

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