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"A student who is researching" vs "a student researching"
Can I shorten the sentence like this?
1- This is Peter, a student who is researching nuclear physics at a university .
2- This is Peter, a student researching nuclear physics at a university.
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cat desk Can I shorten the sentence like this? 1- This is Peter, a student who is researching nuclear physics at a university . 2- This is Peter, a student researching nuclear physics at a university.
- cat desk Can I shorten the sentence like this?
- 1- This is Peter, a student who is researching nuclear physics at a university .
- 2- This is Peter, a student researching nuclear physics at a university.
- Yes, you can.
- It's quite common to reduce relative clauses by removing 'who is', 'which is', 'who are', 'which are', etc.
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cat deskCan I shorten the sentence like this?
1- This is Peter, a student who is researching nuclear physics at a university .
2- This is Peter, a student researching nuclear physics at a university.
Yes, you can. It's quite common to reduce relative claus
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