How do you feel about sentences that are not grammatically complete sentences?
Personally, I'm not a monster stickler for old-style grammar. Over the years, for example, I've become comfortable with beginning the occasional sentence with "And . . . ." Despite the fact that, as a young lawyer, I thought that was terrible form. Nowadays, though, I'm down with that.
With the understanding that some other readers might react negatively to it.
With that in mind, what do you think about these two sentences from Justice Earl:
"Over a year later, on November 14, 2023, the superior court held a hearing in which it considered anew the issue of Price’s suitability for conditional release, based on new circumstances. This time apparently without the concurrence of DSH."
Me? I'd probably have introduced those last eight words with a comma -- or a set of dashes -- instead of a period. If only because I can't seem to find a verb in that second sentence.
But this might perhaps be another example of me being an old-fashioned stickler. I get Justice Earl's point. What she's saying is unambiguously clear. So why should I care if there's a sentence without a verb?
Just fine, no?
