Re: sentences correct? - 1

Yankee — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:22:13 GMT

Solomon_13000 wrote:
Are the sentences using the underlined word (pronoun and so on) as shown below correct?

Interrogative pronoun/relative pronoun

The lady whom you saw just now is my teacher.

I consulted a doctor whom I met in Paris

I am not sure whom ~~did~~ he invited for the wedding

This is the girl who told me where to park my car.

Who owns that car?

Who is responsible for the accident?

indefinite pronoun

The kid was disappointed when there was nothing in the box.

I found nothing in the envelope

There is nothing in the postbox

Noun

Only after doing her revision was Sally allowed to watch the cartoon show.

He was doing his homework. (was doing = past continuous of the verb do)

I was doing nothing. (was doing = past continuous of the verb do)

Adjective

The floor looks clean because it has just been scrubbed (has been scrubbed = present perfect, passive voice of the verb scrub)

Those dangerous training programs should have been scrubbed. (verb)

His reputation has been scrubbed clean. (verb)

Hi Solomon

You are using the words well, but you often do not label them correctly.

Re: Word agreement

Goodman — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:29:38 GMT

She has found relatives whom she never knew [have] existed. The present perfect implies the relatives are still alive. Without [have] it implies that they passed away. How could she find the dead relatives?

Existed in the context you presented is a past participle used as adjective IMO. I think [have] is needed in this context to make better sense.

Whom -is the relative pronoun in this clause for the existed relatives.

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Re: sentences correct? - 1

Re: Word agreement