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Diamondrg Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

adjective or adverbial

1font00Which one(s) is / are the best restatements of the sentences given below?02font02br
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00His family, who had gone to Egypt last summer, decided to go to Spain this summer. 02br
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00A) His family, having gone to Egypt last summer, decided to go to Spain this summer.02br
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00B) Having gone to Egypt last summer, his family decided to go to Spain this summer.02br
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00C) His family, gone to Egypt last summer, decided to go to Spain this summer.02br
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00Having failed twice, Tom didn’t want to try again.02br
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00A) 00Tom who had failed twice didn’t want to try again.02br
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00B) 00As he had failed twice, Tom didn’t want to try again.02br
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00C) 00After he had failed twice, Tom didn’t want to try again.02br
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00D) T00om, who had failed twice, didn’t want to try again.02br
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00E) 00Failing twice, Tom didn’t want to try again.0-
  

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0A poll! 05002br 02br 00 1. A02br 00 2.

— CalifJim

  • 0A poll!
  • 05002br 02br 00 1.
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  • C (though B is good too)02br 02br 00 CJ010id1
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0A poll! 05002br
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0Hi,02br
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00How about telling us your opinion first?05002br
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00Best wishes, Clive010id1
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10A poll! 15012br
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10Why not A or D for 2?010id1
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10Hi,12br
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10How about telling us your opinion first?15012br
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10Best wishes, Clive12br
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10It could be all for 2. If you think otherwise, I would like to learn the reason.02br
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0 You wanted the best restatement. A and D are not as good, in my opinion. They don't show the causal connection as well, in my opinion. This is more a question of style than a question of grammaticality, of course.02br
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00 (You need commas in A, by the way. The relative clause is non-restrictive.)02br
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10You wanted the best restatement. A and D are not as good, in my opinion. They don't show the causal connection as well, in my opinion. This is more a question of style than a question of grammaticality, of course.12br
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10(You need commas in A, by the way. The relative clause is non-rest
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0Hi,02br
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01font00What about this then? This time not the best one, but the possible ones. Can all three qualify as expansions of the sentence given? Do you think A is the poorest choice of the three? Thank you.02font02br
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01font01b00The employees, having finished their break, re
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01cite10Diamondrg12cite12br
11font10Which one(s) is / are the 11del10best12del10 11i11font10possible12font12i10 restatements of the sentences given below?12font12br
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01cite10Diamondrg12cite10Ok. What about this then? This time not the best one, but the possible ones. Can all three qualify as expansions of the sentence given? Do you think A is the poorest choice of the three? Thank you.12br
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11b10The employees, having finished their break, returned to work.12br

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00Can all three qualify as expansions of the sentence given? 12blockquote
10Yes, but 01b00c02b00 is weird to my ear. I'd drop 01i00had02i00. 02br
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00Do you think A is the poorest choice of the three?12blockquote
10Yes, even
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