Is this sentence incorrect? "They crashed to the ground, taking all fourteen crew to their death."
Definitely yes | 44 (48%) |
Definitely no | 33 (36%) |
Maybe | 14 (15%) |
Tricky. I would go with maybe. "Deaths" sounds better, but it's not wrong to say "death." For more info on this topic, see here.
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It dangles.
I thought the issue might be a missing word after crew. I wanted to say "fourteen crew what?" Crewmen, members?
Hey Ashley, same here :)
The error is that the verbal phrase "taking all fourteen crew to their death(s)" has no subject. What takes them to their death? A plane, obviously. "Plane" needs to be the subject of the sentence. As it stands the participle phrase "dangles."
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