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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

About a noun clause and because of

I have some problems on the following sentences, please help me with this, thanks :

I chatted incidentally to them who usually give me the hitchhiking.(them = my friends; but I'd rather NOT use my friends)

I am very joyful because of being teached the new things.

In other words : I am very joyful because I am teached the new things;

(But I'd lke to use because of, so how can I use in that case ?)

Are they correct ?

Thanks once more. Emotion: big smile
  

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(them = my friends; but I'd rather NOT use my friends) I don't understand this sentence. I chatted with the poeple who gave me a ride about inconsequential things? I am very joyful because of being teached the new things.

— BarbaraPA

  • (them = my friends; but I'd rather NOT use my friends) I don't understand this sentence.
  • I chatted with the poeple who gave me a ride about inconsequential things?
  • I am very joyful because of being teached the new things.
  • Try: I am joyful (you don't need "very") because of all the new things I have been taught.
  • ) Are they correct ?
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I have some problems on the following sentences, please help me with this, thanks :

I chatted incidentally to them who usually give me the hitchhiking.(them = my friends; but I'd rather NOT use my friends) I don't understand this sentence. I chatted with the poeple who gave me a ride about inconsequential things?

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To make it simple, I rewrite :

I chatted with them who gave me a ride.

I can say in other words : I chatted with my buddies who gave me a ride.

But the problem I still don't understand whether or not I can use a noun clause after pronoun (who gave me a ride modifies them) like the abo
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I chatted with the people who gave me a ride.

You cannot use "them" here, because it's the head of a new phrase: The people who gave me a ride or those who gave me a ride, but not "them who gave me a ride."
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yeah, I got it. Thanks.

However, the last sentence you wrote : I chatted with the people, those who me a ride

Is that it ? I don't understand why those is used here ? Could you please explain it ?
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