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Ticce Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

An akward construction?

How do you find these sentences? Do they sound akward?

A captain of which team is he?

A passenger of whose car is he?

Whould you rephrase them?
  

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Ticce Do they sound a w kward? Extremely. Ticce Whould Would you rephrase them?

  • Ticce Do they sound a w kward?
  • Extremely.
  • Ticce Whould Would you rephrase them?
  • (There are a lot of wh words in English, but would isn't one of them.
  • ) Which team is he the captain of?
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TicceDo they sound awkward?
Extremely.
TicceWhould Would you rephrase them?
(There are a lot of wh words in English, but wouldisn't one of them.
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Thank you Jim,

Someone told me that they are grammatically correct. But they sounded weird to me, so I decided to doublecheck.

PS Seems like you have picked the trait of spelling correction from Clive. Here it is an extra "thank you" for that.)

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