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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Proper grammar?

Is this sentence correct?

Being unable to type the letter, the boss fired me.

Thank you
  

Top answer

Seems fine; although the comma might be superfluous.

— Hitchhiker

  • Seems fine; although the comma might be superfluous.
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Seems fine; although the comma might be superfluous.
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So would that mean that the comma is a comma splice and I should not use the comma?
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I disagree with hitchhiker. In my view, the sentence is not correct.
Being unable to type the letter, the boss fired me.


As it stands, this implies that the boss was unable to type a letter, and so he fired you. I assume that your intention is to imply that you were unable to type a letter, in which case the sentence should be:

Being
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Rommie, Thanks a zillion for your help. Emotion: smile Have a great day!!
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pretty harsh boss!
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0 The second sounds classier to me -- but without the boldface and underline -- and use the same capitalization you used in the first one.02br
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01cite10Rommie12cite10I disagree with hitchhiker. In my view, the sentence is not correct. 11blockquote
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what type of sentence run on, dangler or comma splice?
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Anonymouswhat type of sentence run on, dangler or comma splice?

Can you be a little more clear in your question please?
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