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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Correct the sentence

My sister,who is a housewife,delivered a baby.
  

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Hi, My sister,who is a housewife,delivered a baby. This is correct grammar. In terms of meaning, most English speakers would understand this to mean that your sister helped a pregnant woman with the birth of that woman's baby.

  • Hi, My sister,who is a housewife,delivered a baby.
  • This is correct grammar.
  • In terms of meaning, most English speakers would understand this to mean that your sister helped a pregnant woman with the birth of that woman's baby.
  • We say, for example, 'The doctor delivered a baby'.
  • If the baby was your sister's, the common expression is 'My sister,who is a housewife, had a baby'.
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Hi,

My sister,who is a housewife,delivered a baby.



This is correct grammar.



In terms of meaning, most English speakers would understand this to mean that your sister helped a pregnant woman with the birth of that woman's baby. We say, for example, 'The doctor delivered a baby'.



If the baby was your sister's, the common expression i
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Hi Anon

You need a space after each comma:
My sister, who is a housewife, delivered a baby.

Without context, I would interpret that sentence to mean that she delivered someone else's baby (i.e. not her own baby). Is that the meaning you intended?

I also can't help but wonder if you meant to say "
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Hi,

Smart thought, about 'midwife'.

Clive
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My sister conveived

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