Rick
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The Old Man and The Sea, is this a run-on sentence?
@Jeffrey Carney why removed the answer? It was helpful.
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The Old Man and The Sea, is this a run-on sentence?
@EllieK I was misled by ChatGPT on run-on sentences. I didn't get the concept right at first. As all you said, the sentence is grammatically correct but "missing/ignoring commas". That was new to me. I thought "missing/ignoring commas" == grammatically incorrect.
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"to the fish house", which verb is connected with "to" here?
@JamesK Yes, you are right about what I want to ask and thanks for the confirmation. Well, Virolino's answer doesn't state that "to" doesn't have a verb as a dependent, so I kinda don't want to accept it...
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"to the fish house", which verb is connected with "to" here?
@MarcInManhattan I typed it by hand. It was my mistake. fix now
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"to the fish house", which verb is connected with "to" here?
I thought chatgpt was wrong so I came ell :)
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"to the fish house", which verb is connected with "to" here?
And: "To" is a preposition that is used to indicate direction or destination. In this case, "to the fish house" is a prepositional phrase that acts as an adverb modifying the verb "carried." So, the phrase "carried them laid full length across two planks" describes how the marlin was transported, and "to the fish house" describes where the marlin was taken.
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"to the fish house", which verb is connected with "to" here?
@BillJ So, it is incorrect to think as "carried .... to the fish house", is it? Then virolino's answer is not correct. Btw, I asked chatgpt twice and it gave: In the phrase "to the fish house," the preposition "to" is used to show the destination of the fishermen and the marlin. There is no specific verb connected with "to" in this phrase, but it is used to indicate the direction or goal of the action being described in the sentence.
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"and", "or" conjunction usage in complex sentence
Could you give me some advice on how to better understand complex sentences like this? Are there any related materials or English learning books recommeded? Or do you think it is not a big problem? Sorry I've asked so many but this has been bothering me for quite some time.