Monday, June 21, 2010

Poll Results 92

I don't have results this week because the poll wasn't working, but I do want to explain the sentence in question, which was this:

Do you find this sentence confusing at first? "There seemed to be no danger for he had ordered the gate thrown open."

I read this sentence in a book and got hung up on the word "for," thinking it went with "There seemed to be no danger for..." as if a person would be named next. However, "for" in this sentence is synonymous with "because."
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  1. DavidAugust 17, 2010 at 2:48 PM

    "There seemed to be no danger for he had ordered the gate thrown open."

    There should be a comma after danger and a "that" following "ordered," and since it is subjunctive, a "be" following "gate."

    The sentence should read, ""There seemed to be no danger, for he had ordered that the gate be thrown open."

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