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Viceidol Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

A doubt about "As she is a vegetarian, my grandma does not eat meat."

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00I've asked a question in 01a05000 02a00 about what's the difference between "As it was written in 02br
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00haste, the book has many mistakes." and "As the book was written in haste, it has many mistakes." I knew from the thread that both of them are possible forms of 02br
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00writing. But now I saw some similar cases which the above conclusion might not make sense. For example, we can say: 02br
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01i00When 01b00an American02b00 woman meets someone for the first time, 01b00she 02b00may or may not offer her hand. 02i02br
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01i00As 01b00my grandma02b00 is a vegetarian, 01b00she02b00 does not eat meat.02i02br
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00But I think it strange to say: 02br
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01i00When01b00 she02b00 meets someone for the first time, 01b00an American woman02b00 may or may not offer her hand. 02i02br
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01i00As 01b00she02b00 is a vegetarian, 01b00my grandma02b00 does not eat meat. 02i02br
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00As for those two sentences, I think to put the pronouns before their referents are somewhat strange. 02br
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00However, I do saw certain similar cases shows that no matter where the pronoun is, the meaning wouldn't be affected(Just like the two sentences in the thread 02br
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00I've metioned in this post). Like the following pair of sentences:02br
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01i00When 01b00it 02b00is seen from the mountain,01b00 Tokyo02b00 looks beautiful at night. 02i02br
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01i00When 01b00Tokyo02b00 is seen from the mountain,01b00 it02b00 looks beautiful at night. 02i02br
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00For those two sentences, I don't think either of them are strange. But how could that be? What do you think? Thank you for your replies!0260hrefhttp://www.EnglishForward.com/English/BookWrittenHasteMistakes/gvrkh/post.htm
  

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02i 02br 00Poor English, IMO. q=%22when+seen+from+*+it+looks%22+&btnG=Search+Books

  • 02i 02br 00Poor English, IMO.
  • q=%22when+seen+from+*+it+looks%22+&btnG=Search+Books
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0>01i00When 01b00it 02b00is seen from the mountain,01b00 Tokyo02b00 looks beautiful at night.02i02br
00Poor English, IMO. 02br
01i01b00When 00seen02b00 from the mountain,01b00 Tokyo02b00 looks beautiful at night.02i02br
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0Viceidol,02br
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00I can see your point but it isn't really a 'rule' or anything. All your examples are acceptable sentences, no matter which one is coming first. You might prefer the first format, but you can use the second.0-
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0Although I do think that using the pronoun first works better when you have a specific referent, not a general one. 02br
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00The one with the vegetarian gramma reads just fine to me, but the American woman, less so - you are not talking about a specific American woman, but the category of American women. That's the only one that I'd think twice about writing myself (but n
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0Thank you, everyone. Now I understand.0-

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