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Christine Christie Posted 4 years ago
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Is this sentence grammatical?



"I just remember a crowd forming between us, and when it got dissipated, the man was gone."



Note: By 'it', I mean 'the crowd'.



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Christine Christie Is this sentence grammatical? Yes, but "dissipated" sounds like a wrong word for "dispersed", and the passive is odd and uncalled for. "

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  • Christine Christie Is this sentence grammatical?
  • Yes, but "dissipated" sounds like a wrong word for "dispersed", and the passive is odd and uncalled for.
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Christine ChristieIs this sentence grammatical?

Yes, but "dissipated" sounds like a wrong word for "dispersed", and the passive is odd and uncalled for. I would expect "I just remember a crowd forming between us, and when it dispersed, the man was gone."

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