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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Grammar.

Hello!

1.He was the first to invent the bike
2.He was the first who invented the bike.

Is the second OK?
  

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Because I don't know of a second person who invented the bike, I don't like either one. Simply: He invented the bike . You could say that someone was the first to climb that mountain or someone was the first person who climbed the mountain .

— Philip

  • Because I don't know of a second person who invented the bike, I don't like either one.
  • Simply: He invented the bike .
  • You could say that someone was the first to climb that mountain or someone was the first person who climbed the mountain .
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Because I don't know of a second person who invented the bike, I don't like either one. Simply: He invented the bike. You could say that someone was the first to climb that mountain or someone was the first person who climbed the mountain.
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AnonymousIs the second OK?
No.

We would just write this:
He invented the bike.
An inventor, by definition, is the first person who designs or builds something new, like a bicycle.
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I was the first to come to the party.
I was the first who came to the party.

Are these both grammatically correct?
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There were two different answers.
The first one says the second sentence in the original post is grammatically correct, the second one says it isn't.

Does anybody have a minute to answer my last post?
Thank you!
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AnonymousThe first one says the second sentence in the original post is grammatically correct, the second one says it isn't.
No. The first answer implies that both are wrong, and the second says explicitly that the second one is wrong. It's just that what makes them wrong is the logic, not the grammar.
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