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Old 11-24-2014, 01:17 PM   #7
Mike L
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I am not native English -could you elaborate?
Well, if I was subbing this text, I would make two changes straight away:

I've gotten stuck in the middle

I'd get rid of "gotten", which is an awful word in this context. I might change it to "found myself', or - at a pinch - "got".

.. between the parents who understandably want him back and between those who will keep Tristan locked away ....

I'd delete the second "between", which is redundant and sounds odd.

The above are not necessarily errors in grammar, but they are examples of poor writing, in my opinion.

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