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AppleFanboy Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
from which?
A hotel made of ice! And we're not just talking about the walls. Everything is made of ice, from the furniture to the glasses from which you drink in the bar.
1.Is the sentence still correct without 'from' in 'from which'?
2.What is the original sentence before the inversion?
1.Is the sentence still correct without 'from' in 'from which'?
2.What is the original sentence before the inversion?
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(Sorry if you read my irrelevant previous reply, which I have now deleted. ) 1. No.
- (Sorry if you read my irrelevant previous reply, which I have now deleted.
- ) 1.
- No.
- You drink from glasses.
- You do not drink glasses.
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(Sorry if you read my irrelevant previous reply, which I have now deleted. I somehow managed to completely misread your question.)
1. No. You drink from glasses. You do not drink glasses.
2. There is nothing here that I would call inversion.
1. No. You drink from glasses. You do not drink glasses.
2. There is nothing here that I would call inversion.
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Thank you for replying.
What I meant by inversion is..
Is it still possible to put 'from' in 'from which' behind 'you drink in the bar'?
Like.. From the furniture to the glasses which you drink from in the bar. or which you drink in the bar from..
What I meant by inversion is..
Is it still possible to put 'from' in 'from which' behind 'you drink in the bar'?
Like.. From the furniture to the glasses which you drink from in the bar. or which you drink in the bar from..
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AppleFanboyLike.. From the furniture to the glasses which you drink from in the bar. or which you drink in the bar from..Yes, that's right. The second of those two options is a little inelegant though.
Sorry, I seem to be making a bit of a dog's dinner of trying to answer this question.
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