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English 1b3 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Awkward sentence with a noun clause

Does this sentence sound awkward to you?
Is it grammatical?
Why do some noun clauses like this one 'that I have more applications...' sounds awkward this some nouns?

The change to the way I am using my laptop is that I have more applications running at all times.

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The change "in" the way is the real solution.

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  • The change "in" the way is the real solution.
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The change "in" the way is the real solution.
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English 1b3Does this sentence sound awkward to you? Is it grammatical?
Yes. Yes.

That clause may seem awkward because it's after a linking verb. The change ... is that ....

CJ
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English 1b3The change to the way I am using my laptop is that I have more applications running at all times.
It sounds awkward and ungrammatical to me. Do you mean: The reason I've changed to the way I am using my computer is that .....?

The " that " clause is usually used to demonstrate cause and effect, a reason
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OK, thanks - I think that makes sense. So if it is grammatical but awkward sounding, how would you write it?

Thanks
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The change to the way I am using my laptop is that I have more applications running at all times.

Gee, this doesn't sound awkward to me.
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CliveThe change to the way I am using my laptop is that I have more applications running at all times.
You have keener ears

For me, " beisdes the underlined part, I think " I have a lot of appliaction to run all the time" is more natural to the ears, my ears of course.
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