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SarahKing Posted 7 years ago
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Without stopping devouring

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John said to Ron: "You were hungry, weren't you?" The boy nodded, without stopping devouring his breakfast.

  

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SarahKing Is this sentence correct? It isn't the most elegant sentence in the world with those successive -ing s, but it is correct . It needs a comma where you have a colon.

— CalifJim

  • SarahKing Is this sentence correct?
  • It isn't the most elegant sentence in the world with those successive -ing s, but it is correct .
  • It needs a comma where you have a colon.
  • CJ
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SarahKingIs this sentence correct?

It isn't the most elegant sentence in the world with those successive -ings, but it is correct. It needs a comma where you have a colon.

CJ

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