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Cat navy 425 Posted 5 years ago
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Deontay Wilder selects only those opponents

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Please see the following sentences and tell me whether they are correct. If incorrect, please correct them.

1) Deontay Wilder selects only those opponents that he is confident that he can beat them.

2) Deontay Wilder selects only those opponents that he is confident about beating.

  

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cat navy 425 1) Deontay Wilder selects only those opponents that he is confident that he can beat them . 2) Deontay Wilder selects only those opponents that he is confident about beating. Modify the first one as shown, and both will be right.

  • cat navy 425 1) Deontay Wilder selects only those opponents that he is confident that he can beat them .
  • 2) Deontay Wilder selects only those opponents that he is confident about beating.
  • Modify the first one as shown, and both will be right.
  • The complementizer that is omitted in a relative clause in cases like the one in sentence 1, in other words, if there is any possibility of having complementizer that in that clause.
  • ) And you can't use a pronoun in a relative clause that represents the antecedent (other than the initial relative pronoun).
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cat navy 425

1) Deontay Wilder selects only those opponents that he is confident that he can beat them.

2) Deontay Wilder selects only those opponents that he is confident about beating.

Modify the firs

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