What? "dashed on" used as a noun?

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Then they pushed forward, leaving a bloody trail, and escaped to the northwest. Ma Chao, meanwhile, heedless of his own fatigue or his mount's dashed on, gradually leaving his followers behind.

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[+4] - roger - 04/05/2013It looks like a verb. Maybe we can rewrite it, and add a comma. Ma Chao, meanwhile, heedless of his own fatigue, or his [b]mount's fatigue, [/b]dashed on. That sentence had me going for a...

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@oristarA,

It looks like a verb. Maybe we can rewrite it, and add a comma.

Ma Chao, meanwhile, heedless of his own fatigue, or his mount's fatigue, dashed on.

That sentence had me going for a minute, but since it didn't make sense, I did it my way. There sure a lot of commas now, but I think I got the meaning right.

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@roger,

roger wrote:

It looks like a verb. Maybe we can rewrite it, and add a comma.

Ma Chao, meanwhile, heedless of his own fatigue, or his mount's fatigue, dashed on.

That sentence had me going for a minute, but since it didn't make sense, I did it my way. There sure a lot of commas now, but I think I got the meaning right.

Excellent!

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It IS oddly worded. Probably better as:
Meanwhile, Ma Chao, heedless of his own fatigue or his mount's fatigue, dashed on.

dashed on means "took off or rushed forward."

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@oristarA,

No need to rewrite; just use commas correctly.

Ma Chao meanwhile, heedless of his own fatigue or his mount's, dashed on, gradually leaving his followers behind.

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@oristarA,

oristarA wrote:

Ma Chao, meanwhile, heedless of his own fatigue or his mount's dashed on, gradually leaving his followers behind.

Meanwhile, heedless of his own fatigue or his mount's, Ma Chao pushed on, gradually leaving leaving his followers behind.

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@ehBeth,

ehBeth wrote:

gradually leaving leaving his followers behind.

Or leaving a leaving behind ;-)

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@timur,

oops

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@contrex,

contrex wrote:

No need to rewrite; just use commas correctly.

Ma Chao meanwhile, heedless of his own fatigue or his mount's, dashed on, gradually leaving his followers behind.

EXCELLENT!

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