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Navitasan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Restrictive/ non-restrictive
Is this sentence correct:
1) Over the course of four tours, Kyle fights a number of vicious AQI operatives, including a Syrian sniper named Mustafa that serves as Kyle's foil, as well as another guy nicknamed The Butcher.
Source:
http://www.vox.com/2015/1/21/7641189/american-sniper-history
I would have written: '... sniper named Mustafa, who serves as Kyle's foil, as well as another guy, nicknamed The Butcher.' The clause has to be non-restrictive.
Without the comma before 'nicknamed' it seems to me that technically the sentence is saying that there were two guys nicknamed The Butcher. But maybe 'another' is used that way... I am not sure.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1) Over the course of four tours, Kyle fights a number of vicious AQI operatives, including a Syrian sniper named Mustafa that serves as Kyle's foil, as well as another guy nicknamed The Butcher.
Source:
http://www.vox.com/2015/1/21/7641189/american-sniper-history
I would have written: '... sniper named Mustafa, who serves as Kyle's foil, as well as another guy, nicknamed The Butcher.' The clause has to be non-restrictive.
Without the comma before 'nicknamed' it seems to me that technically the sentence is saying that there were two guys nicknamed The Butcher. But maybe 'another' is used that way... I am not sure.
Gratefully,
Navi.
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navitasan I would have written: '... ' So would I.
- navitasan I would have written: '...
- ' So would I.
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navitasanI would have written: '... sniper named Mustafa, who serves as Kyle's foil, as well as another guy, nicknamed The Butcher.'So would I.
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