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Ant_222 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Check two sentences from the Star Heritage translation, please
Hi all. Since I have stopped getting replies in the general Star Heritage thread, here I ask two little questions:
1. Is it grammatically correct to say:
«[For] some more hours I rested a huge boulder...»
2. «All my body was enveloped by long thorny braches of the bush, _near which I had lied down._»
Is it really necessary to put «near» in the end of the clause («which I had lied down near»)?
1. Is it grammatically correct to say:
«[For] some more hours I rested a huge boulder...»
2. «All my body was enveloped by long thorny braches of the bush, _near which I had lied down._»
Is it really necessary to put «near» in the end of the clause («which I had lied down near»)?
Top answer
» No. Not correct. _» No.
- » No.
- Not correct.
- _» No.
- Not correct.
- Do you mean that you rested on a boulder?
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«[For] some more hours I rested a huge boulder...» No. Not correct.
«All my body was enveloped by long thorny braches of the bush, _near which I had lied down._» No. Not correct.
Do you mean that you rested on a boulder?
Do you mean you had lain down near the bush?
CJ
«All my body was enveloped by long thorny braches of the bush, _near which I had lied down._» No. Not correct.
Do you mean that you rested on a boulder?
Do you mean you had lain down near the bush?
CJ
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Of course, _on_ a boulder. That was just a typo. I wasn't sure about the phrase «For some more hours I did something». Is ok or not?
In the second question I was in doubt about the word order in the clause: «near which I had lain down». Should it be «which I had lain down near» or both the variants are correct?
lied->lain — Heh, I even didn't think of it. Thanks.
In the second question I was in doubt about the word order in the clause: «near which I had lain down». Should it be «which I had lain down near» or both the variants are correct?
lied->lain — Heh, I even didn't think of it. Thanks.
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for some more hours is not idiomatic. Try for several hours or for another few hours.
near which ... or which ... near: Both variants are correct, just as you thought.
CJ
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near which ... or which ... near: Both variants are correct, just as you thought.
CJ
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