True or False
Is the following sentence properly functuated.
The young appearing patient went to the doctor's office.
Answer is FALSE
My question is WHY? - Is it BAD sentence structure - we have ruled out that the apostrope is CORRECT.
Should there be a comma after patient?
or the intire sentence should be re-written.
Thanks again,
Leslie
"young appearing" is a very awkward phrasing. If it MUST be used, then there should be a hyphen there.
(With or without a hyphen, I still don't like it!)
The sentence "The young appearing patient went to the doctor's office" is properly punctuated. There is no need for a comma after the word "patient" in this context. The phrase "young appearing" is being used as an adjective to describe the patient, so it is correctly functioning as a compound adjective.
However, it's important to note that the phrase "young appearing" might be more effectively conveyed using a hyphen to create a compound adjective, like "young-appearing patient." This would help clarify that the words "young" and "appearing" are being used together to describe the patient.
So, to summarize, the original sentence is properly punctuated, but you may consider using a hyphen to create a compound adjective for better clarity.