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It was the fitting into Confucian patterns of conduct and of family and community life rather than blood kinship or ancestry which labeled one as civilized and as Chinese. The sentence is correct and your analysis is right. It is a preparatory
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Rahul: (l) Yes, most grammarians say that the antecedent of "which" is "The police found the murder weapon"; however, a few don't know whether it is accurate to call "which made the prosecutor's job easier" an
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The police found the murder weapon,which made the prosecutor's job much easier
As others have said, the sentence is correct (if you add a space after the comma and a full stop / period at the end). In theory, which can refer to both the
ESL General English Grammar Questions
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cool breeze
75 days ago
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My English teacher corrected my sentence "He was the first king wpo ever sat on Englnd's throne" and said that "who" should be replaced by "that" because "first" is a superlative.
Is this correct?
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To me, sentence 2 sounds the best and also the most formal. Sentence 3 might also be used, especially in more informal English, I'd say. I doubt that I would use sentence 1 myself, but I imagine some people might. It defines the word
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Hi, pkr. Thanks for joining us. Welcome to English Forums. I'm sure someone will come along with a more comprehensive analysis than I can provide. I don't think either description is accurate. The author probably intended it as
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1) He was as handsome a young man as ever walked along the streets of London."
2) He is as handsome as the young man
I don't understand the word order of the first sentence in the above.
Is it possible ' He was as handsome
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Paste those into MSWord and see which one has been underlined.
I wouldn't recommend MSWord for checking grammar. Bill Gates's grammarians have a rather weak command of English grammar - relative pronouns, for instance.
CB
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Paste those into MSWord and see which one has been underlined.
I wouldn't recommend MSWord for checking grammar. Bill Gates's grammarians have a rather weak command of English grammar - relative pronouns, for instance.
CB
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Paste those into MSWord and see which one has been underlined. I wouldn't recommend MSWord for checking grammar. Bill Gates's grammarians have a rather weak command of English grammar - relative pronouns, for instance. CB
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