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Valent1ne Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Enjoy/Who enjoy

The ski resorts are usually crowded. There are many people ___ skiing.
  1. enjoy
  2. who enjoy
Is the first answer correct? And why not?

Is it possible to replace who with that?

Thank you.
  

Top answer

who ~ that: either, but I prefer 'who' when talking about people who = relative pronoun replaces 'people' You could also say: there are many people enjoying the ski opportunities there this weekend.

— Philip

  • who ~ that: either, but I prefer 'who' when talking about people who = relative pronoun replaces 'people' You could also say: there are many people enjoying the ski opportunities there this weekend.
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who ~ that: either, but I prefer 'who' when talking about people

who = relative pronoun replaces 'people'

You could also say: there are many people enjoying the ski opportunities there this weekend.
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Valent1ne The ski resorts are usually crowded. There are many people ___ skiing.

enjoy

who enjoy

Is the first answer correct? no And why not? Because 'There are many people enjoy skiing.' is not correct English grammar.



The two sentences below are correct



There are many people who enjoy skiin
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Valent1ne The ski resorts are usually crowded. There are many people ___ skiing.
1. enjoy
2. who enjoy

Is the first answer correct? And why not?
No, the first answer is not correct. "There are many people" completes the main clause. You can't start another main clause at that point that says "People enjoy skiing". (That's like
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Great explanation. Thanks.
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