Is the following sentence gramatically correct?

“His family were enormously wealthy — even in college his freedom with money was a matter for reproach — but now he’d left Chicago and come East in a fashion that rather took your breath away.”

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A few days ago

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The second part( hyphens denote) is correct as is, but the first and third are subject for debate. “Family” in the first part is a collective noun. Depending on whether you want to focus on the idea of a singular unit or the separate members, the form your verb “to be” is up to you.

I believe that the third part is grammatically incorrect. The past perfect “he had left” implies a later (simple past tense) action that occurred afterwards. In the case of this sentence, “came” should replace “come”, as it is in the proper tense of the infinitive “to come”. The word “now” seems to be used as an adverb and should be placed closer to the verb that it modifies,”left”. I would also eliminate the “rather” as it might confuse the reader. In context, “rather” means “quite or really” in this sentence, but it’s normal meaning is “on the contrary.”

4 years ago

the 1st 2 use incredible syntax. (understand that the grammar is indicative of the Appalachian dialect.) The 0.33 sentence would not. the twin verbs “completed considered” are no longer appropriate, in spite of the dialect. The sentence ought to wisely examine “Ever for the reason that ya’d considered them thar possums…”

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Anonymous

even so, his editor should have caught “was”

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