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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Correct sentence?

It is the aim of using a language that is to communicate with each other.
I'd like to know whether the sentence is grammatically correct.
  

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Anonymous grammatically correct No. It is written like this: The aim of using a language is to communicate with each other. ) CJ

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  • Anonymous grammatically correct No.
  • It is written like this: The aim of using a language is to communicate with each other.
  • ) CJ
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Anonymousgrammatically correct
No. It is written like this: The aim of using a language is to communicate with each other.

(You had a few too many words in there.)

CJ
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Thanks, CJ.If I write using it-cleft pattern, is the sentence in my op acceptable?
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Anonymous Thanks, CJ.If I write using it-cleft pattern, is the sentence in my op acceptable?
No. That sentence (as I wrote it) does not lend itself to a cleft structure. The cleft version is quite awkward and difficult to understand.

CJ
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