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Rommel Posted 12 years ago
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s Is the given interrogative sentence grammatically correct?

Is the following interrogative sentence grammatically correct?

If only the lexicographer had been asked to define the word “trendy,” how could he have possibly done so?
  

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The logic is wrong with 'only'. If the lexicographer had been asked to define the word “trendy ”, how could he have possibly done so? I still like the comma outside the quotation marks.

  • The logic is wrong with 'only'.
  • If the lexicographer had been asked to define the word “trendy ”, how could he have possibly done so?
  • I still like the comma outside the quotation marks.
  • I'd enclose it only if my instructor or editor demanded it.
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The logic is wrong with 'only'.

If the lexicographer had been asked to define the word “trendy”, how could he have possibly done so?

I still like the comma outside the quotation marks. I'd enclose it only if my instructor or editor demanded it.

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