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You're right that there's something not quite right about the following sentence: 'He is the winner of the 2009 Caine Prize, for which he was a finalist in 2007, for his story "Waiting."' Removing the commas, however, changes the meaning of the sentence. He won the 2009 prize for "Waiting"; the commas separate the relative clause from the rest of the sentence, and if they're removed, it says that he was a finalist in 2007 for "Waiting." For some reason, I can't seem to find a way to make this statement clearly: He was a finalist in 2007 for some other story, but he finally won in 2009 for "Waiting." Please have a go at it. Cynwolfe ( talk) 23:31, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi there - I saw you removed the reference to her specific influence on the US in the intro. While I'm not hugely bothered as this is only the lead, I do think that there's an argument to be made that her influence on Americans exceeded that in other countries (vide the carefully-named American Conservatory). Her influence on the French and Germans, for example, was much less. What do you think? pgbrown ( talk) 07:27, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hyacinth (
talk) 18:21, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
You're right that there's something not quite right about the following sentence: 'He is the winner of the 2009 Caine Prize, for which he was a finalist in 2007, for his story "Waiting."' Removing the commas, however, changes the meaning of the sentence. He won the 2009 prize for "Waiting"; the commas separate the relative clause from the rest of the sentence, and if they're removed, it says that he was a finalist in 2007 for "Waiting." For some reason, I can't seem to find a way to make this statement clearly: He was a finalist in 2007 for some other story, but he finally won in 2009 for "Waiting." Please have a go at it. Cynwolfe ( talk) 23:31, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi there - I saw you removed the reference to her specific influence on the US in the intro. While I'm not hugely bothered as this is only the lead, I do think that there's an argument to be made that her influence on Americans exceeded that in other countries (vide the carefully-named American Conservatory). Her influence on the French and Germans, for example, was much less. What do you think? pgbrown ( talk) 07:27, 4 July 2012 (UTC)