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Belly Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
Ellipsis
"Nine out of ten students asked said that they were opposed to the new rule"
Am I right to use ellipsis here?
Am I right to use ellipsis here?
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Belly "Nine out of ten students asked said that they were opposed to the new rule" Am I right to use ellipsis here? I don't understand your question.
- Belly "Nine out of ten students asked said that they were opposed to the new rule" Am I right to use ellipsis here?
- I don't understand your question.
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Belly"Nine out of ten students asked said that they were opposed to the new rule"I don't understand your question.
Am I right to use ellipsis here?
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Hi Belly
Your sentence is grammatically correct. I am accustomed to calling the grammatical structure of your sentence a clause equivalent but we are really referring to the same phenomenon:
Nine out of ten students [who/that were asked] said that they were opposed to the new rule.
CB
Your sentence is grammatically correct. I am accustomed to calling the grammatical structure of your sentence a clause equivalent but we are really referring to the same phenomenon:
Nine out of ten students [who/that were asked] said that they were opposed to the new rule.
CB
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