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[fw]

Hello everyone.

I rewrote the second sentence in the following passage into Sentences #1, #2 and #3 below. Does each sentence make sense and are they grammatically correct?

[lotus]

Hi fw,

#1 and #3 are fine. #2 is incorrect. You can see that you used "we" only once in each sentence, which is correct. However, the "we" in sentence #2 is awkward because of its placement and separation by the comma.

#1 has an understood "after" before it. The clause modifies "arrived."

After leaving Nagoya at eleven o�clock in the morning, we arrived at Tokyo Station at one o�clock in the afternoon.

The same can be said of #2.

We, after leaving Nagoya at eleven o�clock in the morning, arrived at Tokyo Station at one o�clock in the afternoon.

Here, the "we" is simply way too far from the verb "arrived." That's why it's awkward and should not be used.

#3 is correct because "we" is immediately before the main verb "left." The "arriving.." subordinate clause modifies "left."


--lotus