Is the expression in the brackets ok?

Question

The surgeon examined the patient quickly ,and then (the operation was begun).

Any grammatical mistakes?

Answer 1

No brackets.

The surgeon examined the patient quickly and then the operation began.

Answer 2

Not quite. It should be "The surgeon examined the patient quickly and then the operation began." or "The surgeon examined the patient quickly and then began the operation"

Also, you might substitute 'briefly' for 'quickly' if you're saying that the examination didn't take long, rather than that the surgeon was particularly hasty about it.

Answer 3

Close. "The Surgeon examined the patient quickly, and then began the operation." "Began" is a more active verb than "was begun", and people tend to understand sentences better when the action precedes the object. Say it out loud both ways, and see which way sounds better.

Answer 4

The surgeon examined the patient quickly, then the operation *began*.

Answer 5

Yup. You do not need a comma after quickly.

Usually a comma is used to mark off separate elements in a sentence. For e.g. Once upon a time, I didn't know how to use commas.

The surgeon examined the patient quickly and then the operation began.

Answer 6

No..

But I would say "The surgeon examined the patient quickly, and then the operation began."

Answer 7

The operation had begun not was begun.
was is a form of the verb "to be" so it makes no sence to say the operation was begun.

Answer 8

[the operation began]

Answer 9

the parenthesis are not needed. also, change "quickly ,and" to "quickly, and"... notice the placement of the space AFTER the comma.