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Lucas21c Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
A relative pronoun
I made a comment on each following sentence for myself. Could you confirm whether my understanding on each of them is right? Thank you.
1. He is one of students who comes from abroad.
: This is grammatically wrong.
2. He is one of students, who comes from abroad.
: This means that he is a students(not a professor), and he comes from abroad.
3. He is one of students who come from abroad.
: This means that there are students who come from abroad, and he is one of them.
4. He is one of students, who come from abroad.
: This means that he is one among students(not professors), and the group of students are from abroad.
1. He is one of students who comes from abroad.
: This is grammatically wrong.
2. He is one of students, who comes from abroad.
: This means that he is a students(not a professor), and he comes from abroad.
3. He is one of students who come from abroad.
: This means that there are students who come from abroad, and he is one of them.
4. He is one of students, who come from abroad.
: This means that he is one among students(not professors), and the group of students are from abroad.
Top answer
None of those is right. You need to use one of these: He is one student who He is one of the students who
- None of those is right.
- You need to use one of these: He is one student who He is one of the students who
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8 Answers
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None of those is right. You need to use one of these:
He is one student who
He is one of the students who
He is one student who
He is one of the students who
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Do you mean "He is one student who comes from abroad" and "He is one of students who come from abroad?"
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lucas21cDo you mean "He is one student who comes from abroad" and "He is one of students who come from abroad?"I mean that you have to revise your sentences to the correct form and ask your question again.
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lucas21cHe is one of students who come from abroadThat's still incorrect. Pay attention to what Mister Micawber posted above.
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First, please forget and ignore my original post. Then, could you tell me why each following sentence is wrong?
1. He is one of the students who comes from China.
: What I intend to say with this sentence is [ "He is one of the students (He is a member of that student group)" + "He comes from China(Not all the students come from China, but he comes from China)" ].
1. He is one of the students who comes from China.
: What I intend to say with this sentence is [ "He is one of the students (He is a member of that student group)" + "He comes from China(Not all the students come from China, but he comes from China)" ].
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lucas21c1. He is one of the students who comes from China.: What I intend to say with this sentence is [ "He is one of the students (He is a member of that student group)" + "He comes from China(Not all the students come from China, but he comes from China)" ].You cannot do that with your structure. You must do this:
He is one of the students a
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1. Then, how about the following ones? I'd like to know whether #1 is still wrong and #2 right if I change the restrictive use of relative pronouns into the continuative one in each sentence.
(1) He is one of the students, who comes from China.
: He is a member of that student group, and he comes from China
(2) He is one of the students, who come from China.
(1) He is one of the students, who comes from China.
: He is a member of that student group, and he comes from China
(2) He is one of the students, who come from China.
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