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Dot.dot.dot Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

about relative clause

1.The man who the letter addressed died ten years ago.
What is the original sentence order of this sentence ?

2.The magazine recommended the shop where he bought the mobile phone.

The magazine recommended the shop at which he bought the mobile phone. Is this rewritten sentence correct ?
  

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Correct versions are: 1. The man to whom the letter was addressed died ten years ago. 2.

  • Correct versions are: 1.
  • The man to whom the letter was addressed died ten years ago.
  • 2.
  • 'The magazine recommended the shop where he bought the mobile phone' is correct, but 'The magazine recommended the shop from which he bought the mobile phone' is better.
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Correct versions are:

1. The man to whom the letter was addressed died ten years ago.

2. 'The magazine recommended the shop where he bought the mobile phone' is correct, but 'The magazine recommended the shop from which he bought the mobile phone' is better.
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ArchieWWCorrect versions are:1. The man to whom the letter was addressed died ten years ago.
Less formal, but still acceptable are:

The man who the letter was addressed to died ten years ago.
The man the letter was addressed to died ten years ago.

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