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Panda blue 483 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Usage with commas.
Is 1 acceptable, with the (extra information) in commas? When would you have to use dashes instead of commas?
1.The actor, a life well lived, died on the stage.
2.The actor, whose life had been well lived, died on the stage.
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The actor, a life well lived, died on the stage. This does not work. The actor is not a life.
- The actor, a life well lived, died on the stage.
- This does not work.
- The actor is not a life.
- " It is still no good, but it is grammatical.
- The actor, whose life had been well lived, died on the stage.
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panda blue 4831.The actor, a life well lived, died on the stage.
This does not work. The actor is not a life. Maybe "The actor, his life well lived, died on the stage." It is still no good, but it is grammatical.
panda blue 4832.The actor, whose life had been well lived, died on the stage.
That is grammatical, but
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