Type of usage in this example.
1. Officers woke up her father, who discovered her dead, surrounded by syringes, in her bedroom.
2. Officers woke up her father, who discovered her dead—she was surrounded by syringes— in her bedroom.
Would we class 'surrounded by syringes' as an interjection in the sentence ? Either case is the complete sentence with the em dashes working in the same way in terms of meaning and usage?
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1. Officers woke up her father, who discovered her dead, surrounded by syringes , in her bedroom. 2.
- 1.
- Officers woke up her father, who discovered her dead, surrounded by syringes , in her bedroom.
- 2.
- Officers woke up her father, who discovered her dead— she was surrounded by syringes — in her bedroom.
- Would we class 'surrounded by syringes' as an interjection in the sentence ?
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1. Officers woke up her father, who discovered her dead, surrounded by syringes, in her bedroom.
2. Officers woke up her father, who discovered her dead—she was surrounded by syringes— in her bedroom.
Would we class 'surrounded by syringes' as an interjection in the sentence ?
Not in #1.
In #2, perhaps, but it's often hard to know for certai
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