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FencesWindows Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Commas -- allowing / that allow
I just read a sentence that confused me. Here it is:
The training group will require access to learning materials, alllowing them to proactively prepare trainers.
Now, could that be written as?:
The training group will require access to learning materials that allow them to proactively prepare trainers.
If both sentences are correct, why is there a comma in the first sentence? Thanks so much for the help, everyone.
The training group will require access to learning materials, alllowing them to proactively prepare trainers.
Now, could that be written as?:
The training group will require access to learning materials that allow them to proactively prepare trainers.
If both sentences are correct, why is there a comma in the first sentence? Thanks so much for the help, everyone.
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Hello Fences That's not quite the meaning; I would paraphrase your original sentence as: The training group will require access to learning materials, which will allow them to proactively prepare trainers. Strictly speaking, it's the access to learning materials, not the materials themselves, that allows them to prepare the trainers. MrP
- Hello Fences That's not quite the meaning; I would paraphrase your original sentence as: The training group will require access to learning materials, which will allow them to proactively prepare trainers.
- Strictly speaking, it's the access to learning materials, not the materials themselves, that allows them to prepare the trainers.
- MrP
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Hello Fences
That's not quite the meaning; I would paraphrase your original sentence as:
The training group will require access to learning materials, which will allow them to proactively prepare trainers.
Strictly speaking, it's the access to learning materials, not the materials themselves, that allows them to prepare the trainers.
That's not quite the meaning; I would paraphrase your original sentence as:
The training group will require access to learning materials, which will allow them to proactively prepare trainers.
Strictly speaking, it's the access to learning materials, not the materials themselves, that allows them to prepare the trainers.
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Hello MrP,
I see what you are saying...
I guess what I'm having trouble with is the switching between 'allowing' and which allow' (not necessarily ' that allow'. I can see that you opted for 'which allow' instead of 'that allow' because it refers back to 'access' and not 'materials'. ) But using 'which allow' instead of 'allowing' - that confuses me. I've seen formal and inform
I see what you are saying...
I guess what I'm having trouble with is the switching between 'allowing' and which allow' (not necessarily ' that allow'. I can see that you opted for 'which allow' instead of 'that allow' because it refers back to 'access' and not 'materials'. ) But using 'which allow' instead of 'allowing' - that confuses me. I've seen formal and inform
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