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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Do they all look good grammartically?

0Please check if these uses of punctuation are OK.02br
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001. He walked the road of a carpenter, the road that walked by many of his ancestors.02br
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002. He walked the road of a carpenter -- the road that walked by many of his ancestors.02br
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003. He walked the road of a carpenter: the road that of many of his ancestors. 0-
  

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0Do this:02br 02br 001. 02br 02br 002. 02br 00 3.

— Mister Micawber

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  • He walked the road of a carpenter: the 01b 00road of02b 00 many of his ancestors.
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0Do this:02br
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001. He walked the road of a carpenter, the road that 01b00was02b00 walked by many of his ancestors.02br
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002. He walked the road of a carpenter -- the road that 01b00was 02b00walked by many of his ancestors.02br
00 3. He walked the road of a carpenter: the 01b00ro
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0Thank you, Mr. M.02br
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00What is the difference between using 'the road that walked' and 'the road that was walked'? Is the first one used wrong? I wrote those sentences instinctively but I cannot figure out what is wrong with them.0-
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0The 01u00road02u00 doesn't 01u00walk02u00-- it just lies there. It is the01u00 ancestors02u00 that 01u00walked the road02u00. The01u00 road was walked by02u00 the ancestors.0-
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0Thank you for your patience. I think I have sorted the whole thing out. I think my confusion lied with my not being in grasp of the concept of the things similar to ones below:02br
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001. He walked the road of a carpenter, 01u00the road that (was) walked by many of his ancestors02u00.02br
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00From what I wrote, it is hard to
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0Sorry, no improvement-- in fact, you've made the sentence worse, overall. Moving the sentence pieces around doesn't help-- you still have the road moving-- '01i00that walked02i00' is still active voice.02br
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01i00He walked the road 01u00that 01b00was 02b00walked 01b00on02b00 by his ma
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0Thank you, Mr. M. I think I have one more educated trick up in my sleeve. Your latest suggestion do look the best and is indeed much imporovement from the rest, but I strongly believe this whole quagmire of mine could simply be resolved to my satisfaction if I make the problem clause/phrase into a subjectival one like this. I felt a small qualm after I wrote the last sentence.02br
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0Yes, these (as adjusted) are OK:02br
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01i00The road [that was] walked by many of his ancestors is that of a carpenter, which is the road he still walks on. 02br
00The road [that he still walks on] is the road that was walked on by many of his ancestors.02i0-
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Hi. What is the difference between the sentence you wrote and the one I propose (which is the one without the word "on" after the word "walked")? Could both be correct? Thank you for your anticipated help.

You wrote:

He walked the road that was walked on by his many ancestors, which is that of a carpenter.

One I propose:

He walked
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