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irmamar
September 27, 2011, 03:44 AM
Would you mind checking this sentence, please? Thanks in advance.

[Talking about them] ...to whom an abrupt turning point forces them to seek...

Rusty
September 27, 2011, 06:26 AM
There's nothing wrong with the fragment.

irmamar
September 27, 2011, 07:58 AM
Thank you, Rusty. :) :rose:

pjt33
September 27, 2011, 01:32 PM
That's not a sentence. If you gave us the full sentence, it might be that "...whom an abrupt turning point forces to seek..." is better.

irmamar
September 28, 2011, 01:47 AM
OK.

His characters sense life, like Hemingway's veterans, to whom an abrupt turning point forces them to seek comfort...

:?:

poli
September 28, 2011, 08:41 AM
OK.

His characters sense life, like Hemingway's veterans, to whom an abrupt turning point forces them to seek comfort...

:?:
I would write it this way: His characters sense life, like Hemingway's veterans, and seek comfort when faced with life's abrupt turning points

pjt33
September 28, 2011, 11:44 AM
OK.

His characters sense life, like Hemingway's veterans, to whom an abrupt turning point forces them to seek comfort...

:?:

There isn't an indirect object; the direct object doesn't take "to". And English doesn't usually* double up a pronoun and a noun. So the grammatical sentence with the fewest changes would be:

His characters sense life, like Hemingway's veterans, whom an abrupt turning point forces to seek comfort...

However, I think this would be more natural with the passive voice:

His characters sense life, like Hemingway's veterans, who are forced by an abrupt turning point to seek comfort...



* I'm sure someone has a counter-example!