 #2 (permalink) Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:28 pm Are these sentences grammatical? |
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The sentences are all horrible, and I had to concentrate very hard to figure out what they meant.
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| After receiving verdict from the judge, the crime backed away from the court, and announced a eulogy to all the people here. |
I think it should be something like:
After receiving the verdict from the judge, the criminal backed away from the court and gave a eulogy for all to hear.
I'm suspicious of the word eulogy here, and I think the person must have been trying to express some other idea. I would prefer the phrase the judge's verdict to the verdict of the judge, but both are correct.
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| Because of the verdict of the judge, his sentence was commuted from life imprisonment to 5-year jail. |
The judge commuted his sentence from life imprisonment to five years in jail.
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As a result of the judge's verdict, his sentence was commuted from life in prison to five years in jail.
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| Though our son didn’t kill his aunt in will when he commuted between his home and school, the judge made a verdict that he might suffer from a life of imprisonment. |
I'm not sure what the beginning of the sentence means. Maybe the writer is trying to say this:
Our son didn't intentionally kill his aunt during his commute between home and school, and the judge decided that he might suffer from life imprisonment.
Alan might have better ideas on these than I have. |
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