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Old November 05, 2015, 11:37 PM
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Out of courtesy

p.18 Roland was interviewed, out of courtesy he decided, but the job went to Fergus Wolff, [...]

What do the red words mean? The structure is strange: decide does not make sense with out of courtesy.
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Old November 06, 2015, 04:47 PM
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I think a slight change in punctuation would help.

Roland was interviewed out of courtesy , he decided, but ...

Roland decided it was out of courtesy that he was interviewed, but ...

It was out of courtesy that Roland was interviewed, but ...
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Old November 06, 2015, 10:09 PM
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Excellent answer. Thank you.
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