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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
The missing verb "were"
By 644, the heads of the Soga were no longer satisfied to act behind the scenes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soga_no_Emishi and his son http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soga_no_Iruka began to build increasingly elaborate palaces and tombs for themselves, styling themselves "sovereigns".
In response, the leader of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakatomi_clan, Nakatomi no Kamatari (later known as the founder of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujiwara and traditionally referred to as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujiwara_no_Kamatari), conspired with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soga_no_Kurayamada_no_Ishikawa_no_Maro and Prince Naka no Oe (later http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Tenji) and arranged for Iruka's assassination. Prince Oe himself attacked Iruka during a court ceremony concerning edicts from Korean kingdoms in front of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_K%C5%8Dgyoku; he survived, but the Empress left the scene and Oe's guards finished Iruka off. Subsequently, Soga no Emishi committed suicide by burning down his own residence, destroying many important court documents. Soga followers dispersed and even killed;
<Source: Fujiwara clan in WIKIPEDIA : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujiwara_clan>
I think "were" should have been before "killed."
So I'd like to know if the writer mistakenly missed out the word "were."
Thank you in advance for yourself.
In response, the leader of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakatomi_clan, Nakatomi no Kamatari (later known as the founder of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujiwara and traditionally referred to as http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujiwara_no_Kamatari), conspired with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soga_no_Kurayamada_no_Ishikawa_no_Maro and Prince Naka no Oe (later http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Tenji) and arranged for Iruka's assassination. Prince Oe himself attacked Iruka during a court ceremony concerning edicts from Korean kingdoms in front of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_K%C5%8Dgyoku; he survived, but the Empress left the scene and Oe's guards finished Iruka off. Subsequently, Soga no Emishi committed suicide by burning down his own residence, destroying many important court documents. Soga followers dispersed and even killed;
<Source: Fujiwara clan in WIKIPEDIA : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujiwara_clan>
I think "were" should have been before "killed."
So I'd like to know if the writer mistakenly missed out the word "were."
Thank you in advance for yourself.
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- " But I can't find this paragraph when I follow your link.
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I think you're right. It should be "followers were dispersed."
But I can't find this paragraph when I follow your link.
But I can't find this paragraph when I follow your link.
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deadratBut I can't find this paragraph when I follow your link.It's here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soga_clan
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Thank you, 5jj.
PSJ: Remember that Wikipedia articles are created and updated by the user community at large, without an overall central source of control. Wikipedia relies on interested people submitting corrections. Which you may do by clicking the edit link next to the paragraph heading. Wikipedia also has information pages on how to submit edits.
PSJ: Remember that Wikipedia articles are created and updated by the user community at large, without an overall central source of control. Wikipedia relies on interested people submitting corrections. Which you may do by clicking the edit link next to the paragraph heading. Wikipedia also has information pages on how to submit edits.
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Thank you, deadrat, for your valuable advice. 
PSJ: Remember that Wikipedia articles are created and updated by the user co
PSJ: Remember that Wikipedia articles are created and updated by the user co
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I did it to emphasize that you, yourself may consider yourself qualified as an interested person. Technically, though, the clause is a sentence fragment, and it's not really acceptable to have it stand alone except in very informal communication. I shouldn't do that in this forum, and you're correct that the clause should be joined to the previous sentence after a comma.
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