[denydenydeny]

Dismissed as exaggeration and fantasy by most other Egyptologists, Fekri was determined to prove the writings were true and accurate.

CAN'T ANYONE WRITE SENTENCES BETTER THAN THIS MONSTROSITY ANYMORE??

< /compulsive grammarian>

[Fatuncle]

Dismissed as exaggeration and fantasy by most other Egyptologists, Fekri was determined to prove the writings were true and accurate.

CAN'T ANYONE WRITE SENTENCES BETTER THAN THIS MONSTROSITY ANYMORE??

< /compulsive grammarian>

Um...

Fekri, dismissed as exaggeration and fantasy by most other Egyptologists, was determined to prove the writings were true and accurate.

There. Better?

[Mr. K]

I am curious about what you found so bad about that sentence? It seemed concise to me.

But then again I can't spel gud and the only grammar rule I know is that a preposition is not something you end a sentence with.

[AndyJackson]

CAN'T ANYONE WRITE SENTENCES BETTER THAN THIS MONSTROSITY ANYMORE??

Had you been schooled in a tradition that included Latin grammar, you would have known that this is a perfectly reasonable classical construction. It is called the ablative absolute.

If you are going to be a compulsive grammarian, then you need to understand the rhetorical tradition underlying the sentence construction employed by the classically educated world, a world that has sadly shrunk to such a state that someone like you can post something like this, calling himself a compulsive grammarian, and get away with it.

None of us are perfect, but when you take out a sword and wield it, ensure it has not been dulled by time and ignorance.