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Christine Christie Posted 7 years ago
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Is this sentence correct:


"You should avoid smiling at or being too friendly with people you don’t know, as this could be misterpreted, and TAKEN WITH SUSPICION."

  

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Christine Christie ... this could be mis in terpreted [no comma] and TAKEN WITH SUSPICION. This is understandable, but we expect something like this: ...

  • Christine Christie ...
  • this could be mis in terpreted [no comma] and TAKEN WITH SUSPICION.
  • This is understandable, but we expect something like this: ...
  • this could be misinterpreted and (might) arouse suspicion.
  • CJ
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Christine Christie ... this could be misinterpreted [no comma] and TAKEN WITH SUSPICION.

This is understandable, but we expect something like this:

... this could be misinterpreted and (might) arouse suspicion.

CJ

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