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Hello
I don't know which one of these sentences is grammatically correct.
The month I took the exam was November.
The month when I took the exam was November.
Is the word "when" in the second sentence redundant or necessary or optonal?
Thanks for your help in advance.
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The month when I took the exam was November. Those above are not cleft sentences. ------ I took exams in November.
- The month when I took the exam was November.
- Those above are not cleft sentences.
- ------ I took exams in November.
- a) It was me who took exams in November.
- b) It was in November that I took exams.
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modern teal 757The month I took the exam was November.The month when I took the exam was November.
Those above are not cleft sentences.
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I took exams in November.
a) It was me who took exams in November.
b) It was in November that I took exams.
c) It was exams that I took in November.
a, b, and
0modern teal 757Is the word "when" in the second sentence redundant or necessary or optonal?
I call it awkward. Most people would say "The month I took the exam was November." That derives from "The month I took the exam in was November" and not "The month when I took the exam was November." That "in" also sounds awkward, but the full form is even worse—"The
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