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but I agree with Cool Breeze one thousand percent that it s dangerous to get too absolute when
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Goodman, I give up. I have explained the grammatical behavior of relative what twice. I am not going to do it again. Read my opinion in my previous posts and after that check it against an authoritative grammar book of the English language.I'm signing off. I'm going on a holiday. See you...
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Yes, as far as who is concerned. What is something else. It never has an antecedent as a relative pronoun, neither singular nor plural, nothing, and that's why a singular verb is used with it. This is obvious from the singular that, which occurs in that which, which is sometimes used to...
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I see. I get your point. Grammarians treat what as a relative pronoun that has no antecedent, singular or plural. It is inclusive of the antecedent and can usually be replaced with that which, in which collocation that is the antecedent. That which is not very common and therefore may sound odd...
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Very smart, Philip. Now, however, long ago is not in the same clause as the perfect have seen. We could of course also say: I have seen that film, but it was two years ago.As to the original question, language is not an exact science. It's not math. It is impossible - or at least a little...
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I agree. However, this is again a matter of terminology. In European grammar books it is customary to call all finite verbs structurally passive if they consist of to be + past participle. I don't know about England. Maybe they use the same terminology as Americans.Your first example is...
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quote user Cool Breeze it is either active or passive because English doesn t have a third voice it has only the active and passive voices quote It is active or passive as sent by the speaker
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I know I should keep out of this but I can't help mentioning that if a clause has a finite verb - or a main verb if you prefer that term - it is either active or passive because English doesn't have a third voice, it has only the active and passive voices.I agree with CJ.CB
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quote user New2grammar quote user Cool Breeze all prepositions require a gerund quote CB I m a little surprised to hear this She came to see me Is see a gerund quote In this sentence to see
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Of course it disagrees with are because it has nothing to do with it. The subject of makes is the relative pronoun what. According to most dictionaries, Webster's among them, fruit can be used as a collective plural. If are is wrong with it, what plural verb form of to be do you suggest?CB
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