Sentence errors/usage.
The Doctor from Surrey faced being struck off after he accelerated at traffic lights and crashed, leaving a teenager paralysed, but has been researching ways to help her walk.
(Is this an error) It's from a newspaper article. The commas isolate essential information and if it's removed the sentence doesn't make sense.
Obsession, secrecy and sacrifice fuel a battle as two magicians compete in a deadly duel of one-upmanship, Prestige begs to ask the question of how far one would go to devote oneself to an art.
Is this an introductory clause ? It sounds 'introductory' but it is a complete sentence followed by a comma. Is it wrong or, if you will, exceptable in some types of journalism? What is the distinction between an introductory clause and a whole sentence which introuduces your subject. Aside from the grammatical points.
I would have put: Obsession, secrecy and sacrifice: Prestige....
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panda blue 483 The Doctor from Surrey faced being struck off after he accelerated at traffic lights and crashed, leaving a teenager paralysed , but has been researching ways to help her walk. (Is this an error) It's from a newspaper article. The commas isolate essential information and if it's removed the sentence doesn't make sense.
- panda blue 483 The Doctor from Surrey faced being struck off after he accelerated at traffic lights and crashed, leaving a teenager paralysed , but has been researching ways to help her walk.
- (Is this an error) It's from a newspaper article.
- The commas isolate essential information and if it's removed the sentence doesn't make sense.
- In my opinion the sentence is only borderline acceptable.
- I don't believe that we can say that every phrase set off by commas must be removable from its sentence without impairing the meaning in order to justify the use of the commas.
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panda blue 483The Doctor from Surrey faced being struck off after he accelerated at traffic lights and crashed, leaving a teenager paralysed, but has been researching ways to help her walk.
(Is this an error) It's from a newspaper article. The commas isolate essential information and if it's removed the sentence doesn't make sense.
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