Possessives… Appositives? And also bracketed commas
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I have the following sentence, and the final commas around "and the vehicle's" really irk me. I can't work out if it's correct but badly written, or actually grammatically wrong. Help!
"Yet, as normal, this seemed easy, like those riding the bus were
purposely unconcerned in the face of their own, and the vehicle's,
competence."
commas possessives
edited May 6 at 12:40
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I have the following sentence, and the final commas around "and the vehicle's" really irk me. I can't work out if it's correct but badly written, or actually grammatically wrong. Help!
"Yet, as normal, this seemed easy, like those riding the bus were
purposely unconcerned in the face of their own, and the vehicle's,
competence."
commas possessives
edited May 6 at 12:40
JJJ
6,225102846
asked May 6 at 12:20
madlycooingowlmadlycooingowl
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The commas don't bother me, but "like" instead of "as though" or "as if" does.
– shoover
May 6 at 16:06
I use dashes in situations like that. I wouldn't say it's wrong to use commas though. Like does mean as though; as if, according to the folks at the OED.
– Minty
May 6 at 17:26
There's nothing wrong with the commas—although I don't see how a vehicle can be competent. I'm more bothered by purposely unconcerned in the face of their own competence (which is the phrase without the parenthetical information). How can you be purposely unconcerned? Further, why would that be easy? The entire sentence is expressing something strange and not really understandable.
– Jason Bassford
May 7 at 19:02
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I have the following sentence, and the final commas around "and the vehicle's" really irk me. I can't work out if it's correct but badly written, or actually grammatically wrong. Help!
"Yet, as normal, this seemed easy, like those riding the bus were
purposely unconcerned in the face of their own, and the vehicle's,
competence."
commas possessives
edited May 6 at 12:40
JJJ
6,225102846
asked May 6 at 12:20
madlycooingowlmadlycooingowl
1
I have the following sentence, and the final commas around "and the vehicle's" really irk me. I can't work out if it's correct but badly written, or actually grammatically wrong. Help!
"Yet, as normal, this seemed easy, like those riding the bus were
purposely unconcerned in the face of their own, and the vehicle's,
competence."
commas possessives
commas possessives
edited May 6 at 12:40
JJJ
6,225102846
asked May 6 at 12:20
madlycooingowlmadlycooingowl
1
edited May 6 at 12:40
JJJ
6,225102846
asked May 6 at 12:20
madlycooingowlmadlycooingowl
1
edited May 6 at 12:40
JJJ
6,225102846
edited May 6 at 12:40
JJJ
6,225102846
edited May 6 at 12:40
JJJ
6,225102846
6,225102846
asked May 6 at 12:20
madlycooingowlmadlycooingowl
1
asked May 6 at 12:20
madlycooingowlmadlycooingowl
1
asked May 6 at 12:20
madlycooingowlmadlycooingowl
1
1
The commas don't bother me, but "like" instead of "as though" or "as if" does.
– shoover
May 6 at 16:06
I use dashes in situations like that. I wouldn't say it's wrong to use commas though. Like does mean as though; as if, according to the folks at the OED.
– Minty
May 6 at 17:26
There's nothing wrong with the commas—although I don't see how a vehicle can be competent. I'm more bothered by purposely unconcerned in the face of their own competence (which is the phrase without the parenthetical information). How can you be purposely unconcerned? Further, why would that be easy? The entire sentence is expressing something strange and not really understandable.
– Jason Bassford
May 7 at 19:02
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The commas don't bother me, but "like" instead of "as though" or "as if" does.
– shoover
May 6 at 16:06
I use dashes in situations like that. I wouldn't say it's wrong to use commas though. Like does mean as though; as if, according to the folks at the OED.
– Minty
May 6 at 17:26
There's nothing wrong with the commas—although I don't see how a vehicle can be competent. I'm more bothered by purposely unconcerned in the face of their own competence (which is the phrase without the parenthetical information). How can you be purposely unconcerned? Further, why would that be easy? The entire sentence is expressing something strange and not really understandable.
– Jason Bassford
May 7 at 19:02
The commas don't bother me, but "like" instead of "as though" or "as if" does.
– shoover
May 6 at 16:06
The commas don't bother me, but "like" instead of "as though" or "as if" does.
– shoover
May 6 at 16:06
I use dashes in situations like that. I wouldn't say it's wrong to use commas though. Like does mean as though; as if, according to the folks at the OED.
– Minty
May 6 at 17:26
I use dashes in situations like that. I wouldn't say it's wrong to use commas though. Like does mean as though; as if, according to the folks at the OED.
– Minty
May 6 at 17:26
There's nothing wrong with the commas—although I don't see how a vehicle can be competent. I'm more bothered by purposely unconcerned in the face of their own competence (which is the phrase without the parenthetical information). How can you be purposely unconcerned? Further, why would that be easy? The entire sentence is expressing something strange and not really understandable.
– Jason Bassford
May 7 at 19:02
There's nothing wrong with the commas—although I don't see how a vehicle can be competent. I'm more bothered by purposely unconcerned in the face of their own competence (which is the phrase without the parenthetical information). How can you be purposely unconcerned? Further, why would that be easy? The entire sentence is expressing something strange and not really understandable.
– Jason Bassford
May 7 at 19:02
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The commas don't bother me, but "like" instead of "as though" or "as if" does.
– shoover
May 6 at 16:06
I use dashes in situations like that. I wouldn't say it's wrong to use commas though. Like does mean as though; as if, according to the folks at the OED.
– Minty
May 6 at 17:26
There's nothing wrong with the commas—although I don't see how a vehicle can be competent. I'm more bothered by purposely unconcerned in the face of their own competence (which is the phrase without the parenthetical information). How can you be purposely unconcerned? Further, why would that be easy? The entire sentence is expressing something strange and not really understandable.
– Jason Bassford
May 7 at 19:02