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Contiluo Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Unknowingly
Please check out the following sentences.
Which is better, (1) or (2) ?
Is (3) acceptable?
(1) He got dead drunk, and he mistook the police car for a taxi.
(2) He got dead drunk, so he mistook the police car for a taxi.
(3) Unknowingly, he was put into the squad car and was taken to the police station.
Which is better, (1) or (2) ?
Is (3) acceptable?
(1) He got dead drunk, and he mistook the police car for a taxi.
(2) He got dead drunk, so he mistook the police car for a taxi.
(3) Unknowingly, he was put into the squad car and was taken to the police station.
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(1) He got dead drunk, and he mistook the police car for a taxi. (2) He was dead drunk, so he mistook the police car for a taxi. (3) Unknowingly, he was put into the squad car and taken to the police station.
- (1) He got dead drunk, and he mistook the police car for a taxi.
- (2) He was dead drunk, so he mistook the police car for a taxi.
- (3) Unknowingly, he was put into the squad car and taken to the police station.
- It seems to me there must be a better word choice than 'unknowingly', but none springs to mind at the moment.
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(1) He got dead drunk, and he mistook the police car for a taxi.
(2) He was dead drunk, so he mistook the police car for a taxi.
(3) Unknowingly, he was put into the squad car and taken to the police station.
It seems to me there must be a better word choice than 'unknowingly', but none springs to mind at the moment.
(2) He was dead drunk, so he mistook the police car for a taxi.
(3) Unknowingly, he was put into the squad car and taken to the police station.
It seems to me there must be a better word choice than 'unknowingly', but none springs to mind at the moment.
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I am not a grammar expert. What I know about English, I learned from experience. So you can ignore what I say if you want to.
In no. 1 you don't have to use 'he' twice. You write it like: 'he got dead drunk, and mistook the ...'. Similarly, you don't need two 'was' in no. 3. It should be '... he was put into the squad car and taken ...'.
Also, in no. 3 I would use 'unconscious'
In no. 1 you don't have to use 'he' twice. You write it like: 'he got dead drunk, and mistook the ...'. Similarly, you don't need two 'was' in no. 3. It should be '... he was put into the squad car and taken ...'.
Also, in no. 3 I would use 'unconscious'
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Hi,
#3 Unconsciously, he was put into the squad car and taken to the police station.
Is it acceptable?
#3 Unconsciously, he was put into the squad car and taken to the police station.
Is it acceptable?
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No; that sounds like the police were not paying attention. Now I see the problem: the main verb is in passive voice, which leaves the fronted adverb (or adjective, if you wish to recast your idea) in limbo - its precise referent is hard to discern. Try it this way:
He was put unconscious (i.e. in a faint) into the squad car and taken to the police station.
He was put unaw
He was put unconscious (i.e. in a faint) into the squad car and taken to the police station.
He was put unaw
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