[Grammar] After confirming the strange behavior

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Nikitus

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Hello.

Are the following sentences grammatically correct?


"After confirming the strange behavior of the hobo, who spoke as a totally different person, Tim chose to be direct, to try to help him, since apparently the death of his dog had affected him too much."

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Hello,

Are the following sentences grammatically correct?


"After confirming the strange behavior of the hobo (no comma) who spoke as a totally different person, Tim chose to be direct (no comma) [STRIKE]to try [/STRIKE] and tried to help him since, apparently, the death of his dog had affected him too much."

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Dear tdmc and Piscean: Thanks for your help.

Tim knew the hobo for years. And never the hobo drank and talk in an extroverted way details of his life.

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talk in an extroverted way details of his life.

I would use the past tense here and would change details to about.
 

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I suppose Tdol meant change "details of" to "about."
 
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