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Moody_m Posted 13 years ago
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Is such a sentence correct?
It is surrounded by a garden and seems to be in quite a distance from other houses which I like very much.
  

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It needs a few tweaks. It is surrounded by a garden and seems to be quite distanced from other houses , which I like very much.

  • It needs a few tweaks.
  • It is surrounded by a garden and seems to be quite distanced from other houses , which I like very much.
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It needs a few tweaks.

It is surrounded by a garden and seems to be quite distanced from other houses, which I like very much.
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moody_mIt is surrounded by a garden and seems to be in quite a distance from other houses which I like very much.
As shown. No "in".

This sentence references 'houses which I like very much' — as opposed to other houses which you may not like as much.

If, however, you use a comma (... quite a distance from other houses, which
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CalifJimThis sentence references 'houses which I like very much' — as opposed to other houses which you may not like as much.
This didn’t even occur to me, despite the absence of the comma. This is the drawback of using which in restrictive clauses. If the meaning above is the intent (which I think is unlikely), then I recommend that the OP use that
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Aspara GusIf the meaning above is the intent (which I think is unlikely)
I must be a very unlikely reader. It was my first guess after a quick scan of the sentence.
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CalifJimI must be a very unlikely reader.
Either that or I have officially become a full-fledged recluse.
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Thanks a lot for the correction:)
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I get it now, thx. I should have used a comma, I wanted to say that I liked not having any houses nearby.

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