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Mr-Taciturn Posted 19 years ago
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1b00We are here for 'English General Purposes' , ............... precise objectives are notoriously difficult to define and delineate.02br
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02b00 c) which d) where e) of which02br
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00Which one do you suggest for the blank ...?02br
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02br 02br 02i 00Not that I know what 'English General Purposes' means. '01i 02br 02i 00 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 02br 02br 02i 00Not that I know what 'English General Purposes' means.
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0 01i00We are here for 'English General Purposes' ,01b00 the precise02b02br
00 objectives 01b00of which02b00 are notoriously difficult to define and delineate.02br
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02i00Not that I know what 'English General Purposes' means. 02br
00 Perhaps 'General Purpose English.'01i02br
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite11i10We are here for 'English General Purposes' ,11b10 the precise12b12br
10objectives 11b10of which12b10 are notoriously difficult to define and delineate.12br
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12i10Not that I know what 'English General Purposes' means
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0 I don't think their version is good enough, but one can understand it. 0-
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01cite10Mr-Taciturn12cite11b10We are here for 'English General Purposes' , ............... precise objectives are notoriously difficult to define and delineate.12br
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12b10 c) which d) where e) of which12br
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10Did you copy 01b00
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0«Can we use OF WHICH as seen in the question? or Is it a grammatical must to use as in your usage.?»02br
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00I think you can say "of which", thiugh you'll sound a bit archaic. Also you can say "whereof", risking to seem even more archaic.0-
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0 Google hits: 02br
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00 37,300 for "the 01b00*02b00 objectives of which".02br
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0240hrefhttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22the+*+objectives+of+which%22&btnG=Google+Search
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10Google hits: 12br
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1037,300 for "the 11b10*12b10 objectives of which".12br
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10I was not calling into question your sentence, which is grammatical.02br
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00The problem is that in this kind
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01cite10Tanit12cite10The problem is that in this kind of test you cannot change the word order, and "11i10We are here for 'English General Purposes' , 11b10of which12b10 precise objectives are notoriously difficult to define and delineate"12i10 sounds strange to me. 12br
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0Hi guys,02br
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00If I had to choose from these 3, I'd choose 'where'.02br
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00because of the quotes, I read 'English General Purposes' as the name of a class.02br
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00It's like saying 01b00We are here for 'Class 137' , 01i00where02i00 precise objectives are notoriously difficult to define and
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