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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Sentence structure

Making his way down the hallway, Kurt suddenly stops as he spots the name 'Paul Davis' on a door.

- Is this sentence structure perfectly acceptable?

- Is the sentence grammatically correct?

- Which one of "making his way down the hallway", "walking down the hallway" and "moving down the hallway" would you use if Kurt was drunk?

  

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anonymous - Is this sentence structure perfectly acceptable? Yes . - Is the sentence grammatically correct?

— Rover_KE

  • anonymous - Is this sentence structure perfectly acceptable?
  • Yes .
  • - Is the sentence grammatically correct?
  • Yes.
  • If he was drunk, he'd be staggering/lurching down the hallway.
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anonymous- Is this sentence structure perfectly acceptable? Yes.
- Is the sentence grammatically correct? Yes.

If he was drunk, he'd be staggering/lurching down the hallway.

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Making his way down the hallway, Kurt suddenly stops as he spots the name 'Paul Davis' on a door.

- Is this sentence structure perfectly acceptable? Yes

- Is the sentence grammatically correct? Yes

- Which one of "making his way down the hallway", "walking down the hallway" and "moving down the hallway" would you use if Kurt was drunk?

Maybe #1, maybe s

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anonymous- Is this sentence structure perfectly acceptable?

Not perfectly, no. The introductory participial phrase does not set up his stopping. It sets up his spotting, but that is not what the grammar says. Making his way down the hallway he spots the name. I would recast from scratch if I found I'd written that upon review.

By the way, "as" is wron

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