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Anonymous  +  650209 Wed, 21 Jan 09 09:36 AM
Hi.
Do you think these are correct?

The number of people attended this year's seminar is the same as last year/last year's.

Are these sentences correct?

The number of people attended this year's seminar is a little over the last year's figure.
The number of people attended this year's seminar is over that of  last year's.
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Mister Micawber  +  650219 Wed, 21 Jan 09 10:21 AM
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The number of people attending this year's seminar is the same as last year's / for last year.
The number of people who attended this year's seminar is a little over last year's figure.
The number of people attending this year's seminar is more than that for last year/ year's.
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Anonymous, 307 days ago
Hi. I did a Google Book Search and saw these three among few/some others with similar or the same phrasal structures. with the phrase "people attended were." Do you find these structures wrong? Should they have the word "who" before the word "attended"? 

 


... were the Committee quite certain that the people attended were really poor,
or were Medical Officers being robbed? The journal desired an inquiry before ...
 

 

저자: Religious Education Association - 1948
They are especially disturbing in view of the fact that the services the young
people attended were far above the average and the sermons they heard in ...

 

Many of the schools which these young people attended were helpful and
supportive to them and their families. They provided specialist help, were
flexible ...

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Mister Micawber  +  651420 Thu, 22 Jan 09 01:02 PM
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 the people attended were really poor--'who' could be missing, but I think not, because of the mention of medical officers (who attend their patients). '... the people (who the Medical Officers) attended were really poor..'

... the services which the young people attended were far above the average...-- No, no 'who'; the structure is different (see my insert). 'The services (which they attended) were...'

Many of the schools which these young people attended were helpful and supportive...-- No 'who'. It is the same structure as above: '...the schools (which they attended) were...'.
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