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Bimstead hogs Posted 9 years ago
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My cousin told me, 'Yesterday I met a patient in hospital and I'm not sure if he was smiling or his face got twisted just that way due to paralysis.' Although I couldn't find any fault with the sentence still I have doubt. Is the sentence grammatically correct?
  

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). According to the traditional rule, "due to" is incorrectly used, but almost no one cares about that rule nowadays. I would put a comma after "hospital".

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  • According to the traditional rule, "due to" is incorrectly used, but almost no one cares about that rule nowadays.
  • I would put a comma after "hospital".
  • In formal written English one would probably make two sentences here, but in conversation linking the parts with "and" is fine.
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Largely this is OK, though "had got" would be better in my opinion, and the word "just" doesn't really seem necessary, or is misplaced (should be before "got"?). According to the traditional rule, "due to" is incorrectly used, but almost no one cares about that rule nowadays. I would put a comma after "hospital". In formal written English one would probably make two sentences here, but in c
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my cousine told me that yesterday she had met a patient in hospital and she was not sure whether he was smiling or his face got twisted jist the way due to paralysis
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Thank you, sir for the explanation. It's really helpful.
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