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Cboutin3 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Which option is better?

1. In 421 AC, the Great Storm that signaled the beginning of the War of Souls raged across Ansalon. 2. In 421 AC, the Great Storm raged across Ansalon and signaled the beginning of the War of Souls.
  

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Both work, but in #2, it should be the a great storm. Why have you capitalized Great Storm in #1? Just out of curiosity, since I'm not familiar with this work, what does AC stand for?

— Philip

  • Both work, but in #2, it should be the a great storm.
  • Why have you capitalized Great Storm in #1?
  • Just out of curiosity, since I'm not familiar with this work, what does AC stand for?
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Both work, but in #2, it should be the a great storm. Why have you capitalized Great Storm in #1?
Just out of curiosity, since I'm not familiar with this work, what does AC stand for?
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The Great Storm is an actual event so that's why I capitalized it and that's why I thought option #2 may be better and clearer all around. What do you think? I'm writing about a fantasy series an AC is sort of like AD.
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That makes sense now, as in The Great War (WWI).
I figured AC is "sort of like" AD, but what do the letters stand for, as in Anno Domini or Common Era?
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Yeah so since the Great Storm is an actual event which sentence option should I go with? The letters stand for After Cataclysm, a world-shattering event in the fantasy series.
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The Great Storm is like a named storm or hurricane, like Super-Storm Sandy or something like that, so that's why I was thinking option 2 would be a better sentence. What do you think?
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I prefer the feel of #2. I think it flows better. It gives the subject of the sentence two verbs instead of one with a relative clause.
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