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Cboutin3 Posted 13 years ago
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Which option is a better choice?
1. The castle’s soldiers were saved from complete starvation due to the actions of the notorious smuggler Davos Seaworth, who slipped through the Redwyne fleet’s lines and entered Storm’s End with a ship loaded with onions and salt fish.
2. The castle’s soldiers were saved from complete starvation by the actions of the notorious smuggler Davos Seaworth, who slipped through the Redwyne fleet’s lines and entered Storm’s End with a ship loaded with onions and salt fish.
2. The castle’s soldiers were saved from complete starvation by the actions of the notorious smuggler Davos Seaworth, who slipped through the Redwyne fleet’s lines and entered Storm’s End with a ship loaded with onions and salt fish.
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I personally would choose 2. In the spirit of simple English and getting to the point, I would also suggest to take out "the actions of". The latter part of the sentence already suggests Davos's actions.
- I personally would choose 2.
- In the spirit of simple English and getting to the point, I would also suggest to take out "the actions of".
- The latter part of the sentence already suggests Davos's actions.
- The sentence would look like this: 2.
- The castle’s soldiers were saved from complete starvation by the notorious smuggler Davos Seaworth, who slipped through the Redwyne fleet’s lines and entered Storm’s End with a ship loaded with onions and salted fish.
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I personally would choose 2.
In the spirit of simple English and getting to the point, I would also suggest to take out "the actions of". The latter part of the sentence already suggests Davos's actions. The sentence would look like this:
2. The castle’s soldiers were saved from complete starvation by the notorious smuggler Davos Seaworth, who slipped through the Redwyne fleet’
In the spirit of simple English and getting to the point, I would also suggest to take out "the actions of". The latter part of the sentence already suggests Davos's actions. The sentence would look like this:
2. The castle’s soldiers were saved from complete starvation by the notorious smuggler Davos Seaworth, who slipped through the Redwyne fleet’
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