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Cboutin3 Posted 13 years ago
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Which option is a better choice?

1. In addition to Egrin, the leader of the hordes was Pagas, who ordered his soldiers to pursue the defeated nomads.

2. Along with Egrin, the leader of the hordes was Pagas, who ordered his soldiers to pursue the defeated nomads.
  

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Number 2 is better, although neither is very clear. When you say "the" leader, you imply that there is only one. How about "Egrin was a leader of the hordes along with Pagas, who ordered…"?

  • Number 2 is better, although neither is very clear.
  • When you say "the" leader, you imply that there is only one.
  • How about "Egrin was a leader of the hordes along with Pagas, who ordered…"?
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Number 2 is better, although neither is very clear. When you say "the" leader, you imply that there is only one. How about "Egrin was a leader of the hordes along with Pagas, who ordered…"?

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