Timeline for Why is the sentence "She sighed, and began whispering again" grammatically incorrect?
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| Jan 20, 2021 at 3:14 | comment | added | nnnnnn | "...resuming to whisper"? | |
| Nov 5, 2013 at 8:41 | comment | added | MilanSxD | Hmm I used to write and I always wrote in such a way that you don't need to read ahead. Or as least as possible. I hate having to read ahead or read things twice :) | |
| Nov 4, 2013 at 16:55 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @MilanSxD One usually needs to read ahead to know how to intonate a sentence. You are going to agree with me? | |
| Nov 4, 2013 at 15:13 | comment | added | MilanSxD | Don't you usually read the sentence first and then imagine what the sentence explains? "She sighed before continuing to whisper" sigh followed by the whispered sentences. But when you sigh while reading it, it goes like this: "She sigh sighed sigh, and began whispering again. You don't know what comes after "sighed" and thus don't know how to continue after it unless you read the sentence twice. And you shouldn't need to read it twice. | |
| Nov 4, 2013 at 14:50 | comment | added | user28567 | @MilanSxD Try sighing a little bit when you pronounce sighed. To my ear, that fits the rhythm suggested by the comma. | |
| Nov 4, 2013 at 14:04 | comment | added | MilanSxD | Twilight, being a fantasy book, would be better fitted with a bit "mystical" sentences. Also, notice the comma in the last example. When you pronounce that comma as a pause, it sounds really weird. At least it does to me. | |
| Nov 4, 2013 at 14:01 | comment | added | calum_b | To this native English speaker's ears, the one you think doesn't sound quite right actually sounds rather better... | |
| Nov 4, 2013 at 13:40 | history | answered | MilanSxD | CC BY-SA 3.0 |