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Nocy Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

about ' prep. + wh- + to inf ' structure (2)

0hi there 02br
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00a few days ago, i posted about this. here ->05002br
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00but, i still don't understand one thing..02br
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00' He fixed the refrigerator in which for you to put the beer. ' (my work book says 'for you' should be deleted. but i don't know why.)02br
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00why is this ungrammatical sentence?02br
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00' He is not a man upon whom for me to rely. ' <- it's grammatically right.02br
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00but, i don't know why former is wrong, though both are the same structure.0260hrefhttp://www.EnglishForward.com/English/AboutPrepStructure/zxqqn/post.htm
  

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0He fixed the refrigerator for you, in which to put the beer. 02br 02br 00He fixed the refrigerator in which to put the beer. 02br 02br 00Just for you, he fixed the refrigerator in which to put the beer.

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  • 0He fixed the refrigerator for you, in which to put the beer.
  • 02br 02br 00He fixed the refrigerator in which to put the beer.
  • 02br 02br 00Just for you, he fixed the refrigerator in which to put the beer.
  • 02br 02br 00He is not a man upon whom I can rely.
  • 02br 02br 01b 01i 01font 00May I tell you that you will probably NEVER hear or say these sentences in your entire lifetime?
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0He fixed the refrigerator for you, in which to put the beer. 02br
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00He fixed the refrigerator in which to put the beer. 02br
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00Just for you, he fixed the refrigerator in which to put the beer. 02br
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00He is not a man upon whom I can rely. 02br
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0It sounds like you are trying very hard to not use a preposition at the end of the sentence. Believe me, it's much more natural to do that than to create this "into which" and "on which" and "to whom" types of sentences.0-
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01cite10nocy12cite10' He fixed the refrigerator in which for you to put the beer. ' (11font11del10my12del10 My 11del10work book12del10 workbook12font10 says 'for you' should be deleted. 11font11del10but i
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01cite10nocy12cite10' He is not a man upon whom for me to rely. ' 12blockquote
10 Ugh! That sentence sounds just awful! 02br
00This would be a correct (and also natural-sounding) way to say it:02br
01i00He is not a man for me to rely on.02i0-
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