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The key is in what "as were the others" refers back to. It's not just "the chairs." It's not even that "the chairs were upside-down." It's that "the other chairs" are in a specific state of being...
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2019-12-13T12:00:27Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added
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2019-12-08T03:56:56Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
The key is in what "as were the others" refers back to. It's not just "the chairs." It's not even that "the chairs were upside-down." It's that "the other chairs" are in a specific state of being that you are matching: upside-down AND _on the table_. > After returning the materials back to their shelves, I turned the chair upside down on the table — as were the others — and followed the girl. Also, when doing that kind of parenthetical, with a sentence fragment, make sure your grammar is parallel. "Were" is the verb "to be," and you don't have that earlier in your sentence. So: > After returning the materials back to their shelves, I turned the chair upside down on the table — like the others — and followed the girl. * * * In all honesty, I don't think this interrupter is important enough to merit M-dashes. I wouldn't even use commas. > After returning the materials back to their shelves, I turned the chair upside down on the table like the others and followed the girl.
#1: Imported from external source
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2015-01-03T18:30:49Z (almost 10 years ago)
Original score: 4