30-06-2022, 10:02 AM
I'd say that at least the "them" is ungrammatical. The rest of the sentence might make sense in some context. But the context you would need for this sentence to make sense, both grammatically and content-wise, is quite extensive: you cannot have this kind of sentence without a narrative flow. It presupposed an aforementioned "they". It presupposes an expected call - who was supposed to call? Who did they turn to?
Now, if you want to really focus on the grammar alone, the question is not if you obtained a grammatically sound sentence in English (how did you obtain this sentence?). Rather, the question is if the original sentence has the degree of grammaticality we might reasonably expect of someone scribing a text in this language, either as a native speaker or someone who learned Latin or Greek as a second language.
Now, if you want to really focus on the grammar alone, the question is not if you obtained a grammatically sound sentence in English (how did you obtain this sentence?). Rather, the question is if the original sentence has the degree of grammaticality we might reasonably expect of someone scribing a text in this language, either as a native speaker or someone who learned Latin or Greek as a second language.