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Originally Posted by navi tasan Thanks Mike. And what do you think about 5?
I don't think it works, because " A woman, not very tall, ..." would imply that there is no woman who is very tall. In other words, I think it would be the same as: "Not very tall, a woman ...". |
Number five is marginal. It uses the adjective in apposition to "woman". It would work better, IMO, if the adjective had something more to do with the rest of the sentence. As it is, the tall part would be better as an non-restrictive clause: A woman, who was not very tall, walked into the room.
Here is a good example: A father of five, not very wealthy, had to buy food for his children with food stamps. This is more logical than: A father of five, not very wealthy, has his office next to mine.