Timeline for The Chauvet cave is unique because its preservation is unprecedented ? despite containing the oldest paintings ever discovered. Comma?
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| Apr 5, 2020 at 2:10 | comment | added | Jim | This sentence is very confused. Regardless of comma placement, the sentence is interpreted to mean “Normally, a cave that contains the oldest paintings ever discovered would prevent a cave from being classified as unique but we are still going to call it unique despite its contents.” The word despite needs to go! | |
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| Mar 6, 2020 at 1:44 | answer | added | Tinfoil Hat | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 5, 2020 at 23:49 | comment | added | Hot Licks | "... unprecedented, even aside from the fact that it contains the oldest paintings ever discovered." | |
| Mar 5, 2020 at 23:46 | comment | added | Hot Licks |
The sentence is a hair confusing regardless, but I wouldn't argue with placing a comma at the ?.
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| S Mar 5, 2020 at 23:43 | history | suggested | Tinfoil Hat | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Changed *case* to *cave*; Chauvet is a cave.
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| Mar 5, 2020 at 19:56 | comment | added | R Mac | @PeterShor To be honest, I'm not convinced that "preservation" is the subject of the preposition. The word "despite" doesn't seem contextually appropriate here, regardless whether it is grammatical or not. | |
| Mar 5, 2020 at 18:32 | comment | added | Peter Shor | @RMac: You're absolutely right. I've deleted my comment. Here, the problem is that the preposition's subject (Chauvet cave) is not the clause's subject (preservation). | |
| Mar 5, 2020 at 18:05 | comment | added | R Mac | @PeterShor I don't know where you got that idea. The use of a gerund following the prepositional use of "despite" is very common if the preposition's subject is the clause's subject. Whether it's acceptable or not to use it in this way is minimally up for contentious debate if not downright acceptable. | |
| Mar 5, 2020 at 16:28 | history | asked | jglez | CC BY-SA 4.0 |