Grammar Mistakes- What did I do wrong?
Posted: 06 Oct 2022, 14:15
Hi all,
First, thanks for helping me out! I submitted my first review today and was pretty surprised to have these mistakes identified. Parentheses denote editor's correction. Any insight on why these are mistakes would be appreciated. All four appear to be stylistic choices and not errors to me. I'm usually rather good at this!
1)Beginning with a reunion concert (and) then jumping back to the folk music context of the 1950s and the Trio’s origins, Murphey playfully jumps through Originally "Beginning with a reunion concert then jumping back to the folk music context of the 1950s and the Trio’s origins, Murphey playfully jumps through..."
2)Murphey's subtle humor and contemporary political parallels kept me from feeling too much (like) the outsider and for the most part I felt welcomed Originally "Murphey's subtle humor and contemporary political parallels kept me from feeling too much the outsider and for the most part I felt welcomed."
3)However, younger readers will have to do their own research to really understand and appreciate some of the political context(contexts). Originally "However, younger readers will have to do their own research to really understand and appreciate some of the political context."
4)Murphey's subtle humor and contemporary political parallels kept me from feeling too much the outsider and for the most part(,) I felt welcomed into the Trio's world. Originally "Murphey's subtle humor and contemporary political parallels kept me from feeling too much the outsider and for the most part I felt welcomed into the Trio's world."
First, thanks for helping me out! I submitted my first review today and was pretty surprised to have these mistakes identified. Parentheses denote editor's correction. Any insight on why these are mistakes would be appreciated. All four appear to be stylistic choices and not errors to me. I'm usually rather good at this!
1)Beginning with a reunion concert (and) then jumping back to the folk music context of the 1950s and the Trio’s origins, Murphey playfully jumps through Originally "Beginning with a reunion concert then jumping back to the folk music context of the 1950s and the Trio’s origins, Murphey playfully jumps through..."
2)Murphey's subtle humor and contemporary political parallels kept me from feeling too much (like) the outsider and for the most part I felt welcomed Originally "Murphey's subtle humor and contemporary political parallels kept me from feeling too much the outsider and for the most part I felt welcomed."
3)However, younger readers will have to do their own research to really understand and appreciate some of the political context(contexts). Originally "However, younger readers will have to do their own research to really understand and appreciate some of the political context."
4)Murphey's subtle humor and contemporary political parallels kept me from feeling too much the outsider and for the most part(,) I felt welcomed into the Trio's world. Originally "Murphey's subtle humor and contemporary political parallels kept me from feeling too much the outsider and for the most part I felt welcomed into the Trio's world."