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Tinanam0102 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

about who

Hi teachers,

I'm not sure if I need 'who' here.

1. The sign appeared the next year, when the chieftan, an expert at medicines, had never placed his faith in signs before, examined one of the villagers in his dead bed.

2. The sign appeared the next year, when the cheiftan, an experat at medicines who had never placed his faith in signs before, examined one of the villagers in his dead bed.

Thanks
TN
  

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You need who to form a restrictive clause. You might want to rephrase part of the sentence so that who and expert are next to each other. Medicine is usually uncountable, by the way.

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  • You need who to form a restrictive clause.
  • You might want to rephrase part of the sentence so that who and expert are next to each other.
  • Medicine is usually uncountable, by the way.
  • The sign appeared the next year, when the chieftain , a medicinal expert who had never placed his faith in signs before, examined one of the villagers in his death bed.
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You need who to form a restrictive clause. You might want to rephrase part of the sentence so that who and expert are next to each other. Medicine is usually uncountable, by the way.

The sign appeared the next year, when the chieftain, a medicinal expert who had never placed his faith in signs before, examined one of the villagers in
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Hi Aspara Gus,

Thanks for correcting. Is it not okay to have 'who' placed so far away from experts?

Thanks
TN
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Hi, TN,
tinanam0102Thanks for correcting. Is it not okay to have 'who' placed so far away from expert?
It's not great grammar, no.
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Hi Aspara Gus,

I found this example:

The behaviour may have evolved to warn other birds of nearby danger, report researchers in California, who have published the findings in the journal Animal Behaviour.

The 'who' came after 'California'. Is it AE and BRE?

Thanks
TN
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tinanam0102The 'who' came after 'California'. Is it AE and BRE?
It's not a matter of whether it's AmE or BrE.
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how can i rewrite this sentence.... after many snows i was home again
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DEAR I HAVE AN EXAM ON MONDAY, what is the meaning of gramatical concord
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Anonymoushow can i rewrite this sentence.... after many snows i was home again
First focus on using capitalization and proper punctuation.
Anon
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Hi Aspara Gus,

I understand you corrected my sentence with medicinal expert, but I'd like to ask, just for future references, if a comma can have some effect to set the sentences off:

The sign appeared the next year, when the chieftain, an expert at medicine, who had never placed his faith in signs before, examined one of the villagers in his death bed.

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