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Re: to which

Cool Breeze — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:01:35 GMT

To which, in which etc.consist of a preposition and a relative pronoun. The preposition is usually determined by a verb, noun or adjective. In informal style the preposition is often placed at the end of the relative clause. Examples:

This is the house in which he lives. This is the house [which/that] he lives in.

The preposition is in because that preposition is used with house in this context and meaning: He lives in this house.

I bought the book about which you told me yesterday. I bought the book [which/that] you told me about yesterday.

The preposition is about because that preposition is used when we tell somebody about something: He told me about his problems.

Where is sometimes possible instead of to which or in which, especially when the intended meaning is that the place of something is mentioned:

Take this kettle to the kitchen where it belongs.

But: Ages ago, this island was occupied by Great Britain, to which it belongs even now / which it belongs to even now.

Note that there is a comma in the last sentence. A comma is needed for a certain type of relative clauses. Use the Search box to find out more about them.

Re: malnutrition that's becoming more and more widespread

Cool Breeze — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:42:46 GMT

New2grammar
Dozens of UN humanitarian workers are exposed to risk on their job every day. A good example is truck drivers who deliver much needed food to remote villages in poor countries to combat malnutrition, which is becoming more and more widespread.

Hi N2G

It has become more and more fashionable to use hyphens in English and therefore some might put a hyphen between much and needed but I don't think that is necessary. I wouldn't object to one, either. Clearly, the relative clause is a non-defining one and thus a comma is needed, which means that which is the correct pronoun.

Re: Abnormality of motor

Goodman — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:13:10 GMT

<<<>>>The abnormality of fan motor for computer no.1, which motor tripped as the operating temperature at 28C, has been vertified by technician.

Yes, the sentence sounded bumpy and stiff, aside from grammatical mistakes. Technical report needs to be clear and accurate. That's the reason I gave you the breakdown and the construction possibilities.
Tripping - is a terminology used sepcifically in the electrical field to mean "open circuit" by default. A motor can trip the breaker but does not trip itself. Unless it's a thermally protected motor which is not the case in personal computers. There are bigger cooling fans used in mainframe computers and large electronics which have resettable fuse or circuit breakers.
The relative clause usually requires no "comma".
Depending on the construction of the sentence, "Which" usually links the noun or pronoun to the clause. i.e. I've just moved to a new apartment which is only 10 minutes from my office.
In your constrcution, "fan motor" and "computer" were incorrectly linked to the realtive clause, in my opinion.

Re: , that/which are intended to help smokers quit

Cool Breeze — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 20:53:34 GMT

Angliholic
Besides World No Tobacco Day, there are several similar holidays, such as No Smoking Day in the UK and the Great American Smokeout, that/which are intended to help smokers quit.

Hi all

Both pronouns are possible, as Kooyeen says. The comma has nothing to do with the relative pronoun but is used because such as No Smoking Day in the UK and the Great American Smokeout is set off with commas. No grammatical rule prevents the use of a comma before that if something else requires it. The same applies to that when it is a conjunction:

I knew that he had read the book.
But: I knew that he had bought the book, that he had read it and that he had thrown it away after that.

Re: grammar doubts!

Mister Micawber — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:59:09 GMT

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(1) So, can we use hyphen in the above sentence as "five-years-old" or is it wrong to use?-- Wrong. 'A three-year-old' is a pronoun.

(2) Does the second sentence need any correction or rephrasing? -- In the first sentence, no comma after Spectator. In the second sentence, I would prefix 'most' with 'that of'.

(3) Do we need hyphen in door-to-door? -- No; it is not an adjective

(4) Can "At the time" changed to "At that time"? -- Yes. And you do not need the commas around Peter-- they slow the narrative.

(5) Please check S-V agreement in "the bulk of her protests were"? Should it be was?-- I'd go with 'were' on grounds of conceptual concord... and then change 'the bulk of' to 'most of'. Also, prefix 'any' with 'those of'.

(6) Should it be to "visit him"? --Yes, no 'with'. And a comma is required after 'Emerson'.

(7) Should it be "who offered her a position of teaching languages"? -- No; what you have is fine

Some questions on the SAT

Belly — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:33:49 GMT

1) I encountered this sentence in Harry Potter:

"There was a great road from the motorbike and Harry felt the sidecar give a nasty lurch"

Why give can go with felt here?

2) In my SAT preparation, I encounter this problem:

"The whopping crane population has increased from only 15 to about 2 hundred, which is one of conservation's most encouraging stories

A) which is one of conservation's most encouraging stories

b) which is one of the most encouraging stories in conservation

c) and this one of conservation's most encouraging stories

d) and this growth is one of conservation's most encouraging stories

E) and that appears to be encouraging to conservationists

The answer is D. But I don't still get it, which stand after a comma can subtitute for the clause which comes before it, why can't it be the correct answer here? And the answer book also says that: The act of changing which to this does not solve the problem of a pronoun's lack of specific antecedent. I don't get the whole thing

3) I came in 15 minutes late which made the whole class difficult to understand

A) I came in 15 mintues late, and this

B) coming in fifteen minutes late

B is the correct answer. But why not a? They say: The pronounce "which" has no specific antecedent here, and the change of which to this does not correct the problem.... Why???

Re: Ending a grammar argument

MrPedantic — Mon, 12 May 2008 21:51:42 GMT

Hello Branwen319, welcome to English Forums! (Are there really 318 other Branwens here?)

No comma is needed; "your" is a possessive pronoun, and "no" is an indefinite determiner (i.e. they're not adjectives).

Two or more qualitative adjectives may be separated by a comma, e.g. "a long, thin piece of wood"; but if we use "my" instead of "a", it does not need to be followed by a comma, any more than "a" does (thus "my long, thin piece of wood", if for some reason we need to specify such a thing).

The trick is to treat the comma as a pause. Does your boyfriend pause after "your", when he says "your normal routine"? I doubt it. Better to save all those commas and cut down on toner.

Good luck!

MrP

Re: What's wrong with my sentence?

Clive — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:45:27 GMT

Hi,

I'm typing a paper for my history class using Microsoft Word, and I found that this sentence is underlined in green and is considered a fragment: In 1972, smallpox immunization ceased in the United States due to the vaccineâs incredible effectiveness in eliminating smallpox.

Just add a comma as I've shown, and the green will go away.

In 1972, smallpox immunization ceased in the United States, due to the vaccineâs incredible effectiveness in eliminating smallpox.

For style, I would replace the second word 'smallpox' with the pronoun 'it'.

Best wishes, Clive

Re: Sentence Fragments, danglers, comma splices, lacking parallel parts

Grammar Geek — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:01:24 GMT

Hi Corinna,

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Choices: Sentence Fragments, danglers, comma splices, lacking parallel parts

1. The new drug proved to be highly effective, it has no side effects.

I would consider this a comma splice since they are complete sentences alone .. Yup.

2. Do you advise me to go to college or that I should get a job after high school?

To me this is a run on.. But I am not in full understanding of lacking of parallel parts..

...advise me [to do X] or [to do Y] makes it parallel. ... to go to college or to get a job would be parallel

3. To be fit, you should get enought sleep, exercise regulary, and eat a healthy diet.

I find this sentence to be correct .. but they throw a new option in UNCLEAR PRONOUN... to me the pronoun is very clear ..

This one is nice an parallel - get sleep, exercise, eat - all verbs, in the same tense, etc.

There's nothing wrong with using the impersonal you, but apparently this class thinks it should either say "one should" (instead of "you should") or "a person should."

And someone please explain a dangler and lacks parallel parts to where I can hopefully understand what they mean ..

I hope the bit above helped explain parallelism. A dangler is when you start to describe something, but then don't hook it up with the thing that's being described. My favorite has always been "Hanging in the closet for a year, Lola had forgotten about her aqua dress." This dangles because it was not Lola that was hanging in the closet for a year, but the dress.

Sentence Fragments, danglers, comma splices, lacking parallel parts

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:50:18 GMT

I am new to this site .. I am not sure how this works .. I am having problems with my homework. More so I have problems with English ugg.. Can someone help me please?

I have these sentences ... and these choices: Sentence Fragments, danglers, comma splices, lacking parallel parts

1. The new drug proved to be highly effective, it has no side effects.

I would consider this a comma splice since they are complete sentences alone ..

2. Do you advise me to go to college or that I should get a job after high school?

To me this is a run on.. But I am not in full understanding of lacking of parallel parts..

3. To be fit, you should get enought sleep, exercise regulary, and eat a healthy diet.

I find this sentence to be correct .. but they throw a new option in UNCLEAR PRONOUN... to me the pronoun is very clear ..

And someone please explain a dangler and lacks parallel parts to where I can hopefully understand what they mean ..

This class is driving me bonkers!! Where is the math LOL

Corinna