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1. The film remains one of the weaker films in the franchise, freighted with such a burden of prologue and backstory that it barely has a time for an independent plot.
2. The film remains one of the weaker films in the franchise. Freighted with such a burden of prologue and backstory, that it barely has a time for an independent plot.
Are both these correct?
In 2. Frighted begins an introductory clause
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No, the second sentence of (2) is not correct. For one thing, the "freighted" phrase has lost its grammatical moorings. " part would modify "it".
- No, the second sentence of (2) is not correct.
- For one thing, the "freighted" phrase has lost its grammatical moorings.
- " part would modify "it".
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No, the second sentence of (2) is not correct. For one thing, the "freighted" phrase has lost its grammatical moorings. The sentence would be correct if the word "that" was removed, in which case the "freighted ..." part would modify "it".
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