Timeline for A saw B walking down the street - Who was walking?
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| Jun 23, 2018 at 20:20 | vote | accept | Sasan | ||
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| Jun 4, 2018 at 21:25 | comment | added | user3395 | @JasonBassford Unless you mean to imply Amand– er, Amy has at least one more brother, you need a comma before who was also.... : ) (Sorry.) | |
| Jun 4, 2018 at 21:06 | comment | added | Jason Bassford | @Rompey I thought of that, but I believe it would make it even worse—because it would shift some of the emphasis back to Amy. (And it would lead to a third possible interpretation involving a comma splice and an incomplete clause.) | |
| Jun 4, 2018 at 20:59 | comment | added | Victor B. | Would a comma after "her brother" help to avoid the ambiguity in reading the sentence? | |
| Jun 4, 2018 at 20:45 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | I agree; the sentence tells me the brother was walking, but says nothing about whether Amy was (or was not) also walking. | |
| Jun 4, 2018 at 20:43 | history | answered | Jason Bassford | CC BY-SA 4.0 |