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I sympathize with Jeff. When I was learning English--that's decades ago--I read a grammar book delineating the same rule as Jeff brought up. As years passed, I realized that's a rather weird rule. I checked it with native speakers, they said in unison to the effect that I should forget the...

Guest, After consulting Clauses: the Essential Building-Blocks, I believe the answer is no. Quoting from the referenced web page. Relative clauses are dependent clauses introduced by a Relative Pronoun (that, which, whichever, who, whoever, whom, whomever, whose, and of which). "Crossing the...

The relative pronoun "which can introduce both restrictive and non restrictive relative clauses, as you will read in any fairly good grammar. "The house which I bought last year has three bedrooms." (restrictive) "The house, which I bought last year, has three bedrooms." (non-restrictive) On...

1 is ok (I’d use “stamp-collecting” or “collecting stamps”, though). 2 has a “to” too many. you can choose which one you wish to get rid of. “Can I ask who(m) I’m talking to?” or “Can I ask to whom I’m talking?” 3 is ok “My dog whose fur is back is coming” is grammatically correct, although I’m...

I put it that those who made up my grammar book are staunch supporters of a specific religion :P.

The answer to your specific query depends entirely on how many gods you believe there are. If you believe there's one, it's " gods who love". If you believe that the god concept is uncountable (like Zen) then it would be "god who loves". If you believe there is no god at all (sorry, but I had to...

In my grammar book, we use plural form of verb for God as a token of respect. eg. Don't be evil. God know it

I am in a debate with my minister over the form of the verb following the relative pronoun "Who" in prayer. Example--In last Sunday's bulletin one of the printed prayers began as follow: "O God, Who loves us and created your kingdom in the hearts of believers . . ." After worship, I told the...

I know that you can use the present or past participle to replace/shorten a relative clause when the relative pronoun is the subject of the relative clause. He looked at the books that lay on the table => He looked at the books lying on the table. Is this always possible or are there more...