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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Time phrases

Is it considered acceptable to use the phrases "Since yesterday", "yesterday" "tomorrow", etc. in the middle of a sentence. I live in a small town and one of the reporters in our daily paper consistently writes sentences that I feel are grammatically incorrect.

For example:

"The Police Department has since yesterday (Wednesday) received one report of theft and responded to several others routine calls."

"The Police Department yesterday, Thursday, was alerted to two car thefts."

The county commissioners earlier this week agreed to..."

Shouldn't these phrases - since yesterday, yesterday, earlier this week - be placed at the beginning or the end of the sentence. Or have the rules changed?
  

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Anonymous Shouldn't these phrases - since yesterday, yesterday, earlier this week - be placed at the beginning or the end of the sentence. Or have the rules changed? It's not a grammatical rule.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Shouldn't these phrases - since yesterday, yesterday, earlier this week - be placed at the beginning or the end of the sentence.
  • Or have the rules changed?
  • It's not a grammatical rule.
  • It's a convention of neutral style.
  • It's acceptable to vary word order to provide more interest in sentences in a long article.
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AnonymousShouldn't these phrases - since yesterday, yesterday, earlier this week - be placed at the beginning or the end of the sentence. Or have the rules changed?
It's not a grammatical rule. It's a convention of neutral style. It's acceptable to vary word order to provide more interest in sentences in a long article. It would not be good to overdo it, h
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