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GSC Guide to Authors Sentences
Place the related parts of a sentence as closely together as possible. The following
examples show how poor construction can confuse the reader:
The reported occurrence of agglutinated grains in the wall by the same authors
remains unconvincing. (The words by the same authors should follow
occurrence or the sentence should be rewritten: The same authors'
report of the occurrence of agglutinated grains in the wall remains unconvincing.)
The writer began a detailed regional study of the Upper Cretaceous rocks of
the area with fieldwork in 1980, when the Blackstone section was first studied
in detail, with G.H. Turner. (The sentence should be rewritten: The
writer began a detailed regional study of the Upper Cretaceous rocks of the
area in 1980. During that field season the Blackstone section was first studied
in detail by the writer and G.H. Turner.)
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