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Norwolf Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
As/ which
A lot of language learning, ___ has been discovered, is happening in the first year of life, so parents should talk much to their children during that period.
A as B it C which D this
Of course, we say A. I wonder if C is OK, please.
A as B it C which D this
Of course, we say A. I wonder if C is OK, please.
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No. To use a 'that/which' construction, it would be: A lot of language learning that, as has been discovered, is happening in the first... (which is clumsy phrasing) or It has been discovered that a lot of language learning is happening...
- No.
- To use a 'that/which' construction, it would be: A lot of language learning that, as has been discovered, is happening in the first...
- (which is clumsy phrasing) or It has been discovered that a lot of language learning is happening...
- and this phrasing then moves the emphasis to the idea of the "discovery", rather than what the 'discovery' was.
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No.
To use a 'that/which' construction, it would be:
A lot of language learning that, as has been discovered, is happening in the first... (which is clumsy phrasing)
or
It has been discovered that a lot of language learning is happening...
...and this phrasing then moves
To use a 'that/which' construction, it would be:
A lot of language learning that, as has been discovered, is happening in the first... (which is clumsy phrasing)
or
It has been discovered that a lot of language learning is happening...
...and this phrasing then moves
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