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Sat 18 Apr, 2015 04:08 pm
Is there anything wrong with the following sentence?
Publishing Company A, a division of 1234567 Canada Inc., offers new and established authors, a new concept in publishing.
@sweetiesweetieants,
Eliminate the last comma.
@sweetiesweetieants,
Sweet as I first read it, with comma, I thought a new concept in publishing must be called "new and established authors"
@dalehileman,
I love your answer. This sentence was taken from the "about us" page on an actual publisher's website. It wasn't changed after I pointed out the mistake so I started to doubt myself.
Sounds like ad-speak. I would have used a dash.
Publishing Company A, a division of 1234567 Canada Inc., offers new and established authors - a new concept in publishing.
@sweetiesweetieants,
You don't really expect people to admit mistakes, now do you?
@sweetiesweetieants,
Publishing Company A is a division of 1234567 Canada Inc., and it offers a new concept in publishing to both new and established authors.
Or:
Publishing Company A--a division of 1234567 Canada Inc.-- offers new and established authors a new concept in publishing.
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