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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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Can "none of which" be followed by a noun, as in "none of which options [...] were"?
Can "none of which" be followed by a noun, as in "none of which OPTIONS were [...]"?
I wrote this in a text, and someone pointed out that it was incomprehensible and that I shouldn't put "options" after "which". Here is the whole sentence:
"The customers at the table next to ours, served by a different waiter, were presented with a tray of different steak cuts and were offered either bottled or tap water, none of which options were presented to us."
I don't understand, if this is a mistake. If anyone could explain it to me, that'd be great.
Thanks in advance.
V.
I wrote this in a text, and someone pointed out that it was incomprehensible and that I shouldn't put "options" after "which". Here is the whole sentence:
"The customers at the table next to ours, served by a different waiter, were presented with a tray of different steak cuts and were offered either bottled or tap water, none of which options were presented to us."
I don't understand, if this is a mistake. If anyone could explain it to me, that'd be great.
Thanks in advance.
V.
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Anonymous I wrote this in a text, and someone pointed out that it was incomprehensible and that I shouldn't put "options" after "which". I would have to agree with "someone". It doesn't look right to me.
- Anonymous I wrote this in a text, and someone pointed out that it was incomprehensible and that I shouldn't put "options" after "which".
- I would have to agree with "someone".
- It doesn't look right to me.
- I would just say "none of which was presented/offered to us".
- Or: "None of these options was presented to us".
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AnonymousI wrote this in a text, and someone pointed out that it was incomprehensible and that I shouldn't put "options" after "which".I would have to agree with "someone". It doesn't look right to me. I would just say "none of which was presented/offered to us". Or: "None of these options was presented to us".
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Anonymousnone of which optionsThe structure is grammatical, but as it is rarely used it probably sounds quite odd to native ears. The relative which can be followed by a noun, in which case British and American grammarians probably don't call which a relative pronoun at all.
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