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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Question about primarly
Hello,
I believe that the following sentence is grammatically incorrect:
Primarily a doctor, he later became a lawyer.
"Primarily" is an adverb but does not modify a verb in the first clause of the sentence above. The sentence is used in an example
on dictionary.com so I am unsure if my reasoning is correct.
Was wondering if anybody could clear this up.
Thanks.
I believe that the following sentence is grammatically incorrect:
Primarily a doctor, he later became a lawyer.
"Primarily" is an adverb but does not modify a verb in the first clause of the sentence above. The sentence is used in an example
on dictionary.com so I am unsure if my reasoning is correct.
Was wondering if anybody could clear this up.
Thanks.
Top answer
Hi, It's fine. You could think of it as a shortened version of He was primarily a doctor , but he later became a lawyer. Clive
- Hi, It's fine.
- You could think of it as a shortened version of He was primarily a doctor , but he later became a lawyer.
- Clive
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Hi,
It's fine.
You could think of it as a shortened version of
He was primarily a doctor, but he later became a lawyer.
Clive
It's fine.
You could think of it as a shortened version of
He was primarily a doctor, but he later became a lawyer.
Clive
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