Grammatically Unconventional
We know, we know – the last time you wrote a "grammatically unconventional" English paper you got a C-. Stephen Crane certainly takes liberty with the conventions of the language, going Yoda on us with sentences like these:
"Doubts and he were struggling" (11.15).
"A sputtering of musketry was always to be heard" (16.1).
"It is true that his trousers felt to him that they were no fit for his legs at all" (3.27).
"A house standing placidly in distant fields had to him an ominous look" (3.28).
Weird, right? This takes some getting used to, but it certainly marks the novel with a stylistic individuality.
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Original: When Samuel finally gets here we will all go to the arena.
Correct: When Samuel finally gets here, we will all go to the arena.
When is a subordinate conjunction. It does not begin a main clause -- not in this sentence. It requires a comma.
Original: Once the office opens. I can issue you with a refund.
Correct: Once the office opens, I can issue you with a refund.
Same kind of answer as the one above. Once is acting a subordinate conjunction. It cannot form a main clause.
Original: Due to technical difficulties that were beyond our control the online interview will now be held at 9 am next Wednesday.
Correct: Due to technical difficulties that were beyond our control, the online interview will now be held at 9 am next Wednesday.
Due to is acting as a subordinate conjunction. It should have a comma when the conjunction ends.
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she could see him/her the next day.
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B. Patriotism, on the other hand, is a superstition artificially created and maintained through a network of lies and falsehoods; a superstition that robs man of his self-respect and dignity, and increases his arrogance and conceit.
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