Type of usage in these examples.
The prisoner was released without serving his full sentence, a postive end to an uncertain fate.
The prisoner was released without serving his full sentence, positive end to an uncertain fate.
Why does the phrase not work without the determiner? Is it ungrammatical without one or just a semantic rule?
Side, issue. Isn't making describing the whole sentence in the first example. As it's not clear what making is relating to. How do you avoid this mistake in general?
1) The ex-convict took a placement on the community service team, making a positive change in the community.
(Is it the ex convict or the community service team making the change or both?)
It's clear if it's recast as:
2) The ex-convict took a placement on the community service team, where he removed spray paint, making a positive change in the community.
But I don't know why. It just sounds right.
Top answer
", doesn't make sense. ", is ungrammatical. Sentence 1) doesn't make sense.
- ", doesn't make sense.
- ", is ungrammatical.
- Sentence 1) doesn't make sense.
- " Sentence 2) doesn't make sense either.
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The first given sentence, "The prisoner...a positive...fate.", doesn't make sense. I should be, for example, something like: "The prisoner was released to an uncertain fate without serving his full sentence."
The second given sentence, "The prisoner...sentence, positive end...fate.", is ungrammatical.
Sentence 1) doesn't make sense. It should be, for example, somethin
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