[Grammar] Is this sentence cent per cent correct?

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Is this sentence cent per cent correct?

Shouldn’t it be albus dumbledore rather than aldus dumbledore?
 

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Yes. "rather than" here is a quasi-coordinator -- as opposed to a subordinator or a phrasal preposition, which it can also be -- and means "and not".
 

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Is this sentence [STRIKE]cent[/STRIKE] a hundred per cent correct?

Shouldn’t it be "[STRIKE]a[/STRIKE]Albus [STRIKE]d[/STRIKE]Dumbledore" rather than "[STRIKE]a[/STRIKE]Aldus [STRIKE]d[/STRIKE]Dumbledore"?
Punctuation along the lines of what I have suggested would be helpful.
 

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Thanks to both of you.But therms such as" quasi-coordinator " or "Subordinator is new for me... I never came across any of these in my grammar book.

I want to study and refer to a grammar book which covers every rule and exception from basic-level grammar to advance-level grammar

with regards,
Ricky
 

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.But t[STRIKE]h[/STRIKE]erms such as" quasi-coordinator " or "Subordinator" [STRIKE]is[/STRIKE]are new for me... I never came across any of these in my grammar book.
Don't worry about them. I managed to teach languages for forty years without using the term 'quasi-coordinator'.
 

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Don't worry about them. I managed to teach languages for forty years without using the term 'quasi-coordinator'.
Wow. You were sailing close to the wind there! ;-)

PS: Is "cent for cent" common? No one's commented on it, but I've never heard it used like that before.
 

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PS: Is "cent for cent" common? No one's commented on it,....
Nice to see I am not the only one with failing eyesight. Check post #3
 
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