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According to Strunk, what is the correct way to place an adverbial clause in this sentence?
“While she walked to school, the dog kept barking at Megumi.”
“The dog, while she walked to school, kept barking at Megumi.”
“The dog kept barking at Megumi while she walked to school.”
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Strunk’s rule is to place modifiers (including adverbial clauses) next to the words they modify. So the preferred sentence is:
“The dog kept barking at Megumi while she walked to school.”
This puts the time clause beside the verb it modifies, avoids interrupting subject and verb (the second sentence), and is clearer than the fronted version (which is grammatical but can be less direct).
“The dog kept barking at Megumi while she walked to school.”
This puts the time clause beside the verb it modifies, avoids interrupting subject and verb (the second sentence), and is clearer than the fronted version (which is grammatical but can be less direct).
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