Grammar check (have pp)
ex) You can see the holes in skulls found by scholars have partially repaired themselves
Q. Can 'have+past participle(have repaired)' be placed at that position in the sentence above?
Q. What is the difference between these sentences?
ex1) You can see the holes in skulls found by scholars have partially repaired themselves
ex2) You can see the holes in skulls found by scholars partially repair themselves
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ex) You can see the holes in skulls found by scholars have partially repaired themselves Q. Can 'have+past participle(have repaired)' be placed at that position in the sentence above? Yes.
- ex) You can see the holes in skulls found by scholars have partially repaired themselves Q.
- Can 'have+past participle(have repaired)' be placed at that position in the sentence above?
- Yes.
- Think of the sentence this way.
- You can see the holes in skulls , which were found by scholars, have partially repaired themselves.
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ex) You can see the holes in skulls found by scholars have partially repaired themselves
Q. Can 'have+past participle(have repaired)' be placed at that position in the sentence above? Yes. Think of the sentence this way. You can see the holes in skulls, which were found by scholars,
0Those sentences do not make sense.
Bones do not repair themselves. They heal. The break in the bone is naturally repaired by the healing process.
You can see the holes in skulls found by scholars that had partially healed over.
The skulls had been trepanned.
0HoonyYou can see the holes in skulls found by scholars
This sounds like a complete sentence.
Hoonythe holes in skulls found by scholars have partially repaired themselves
And this sounds like a complete sentence.
To avoid confusion for the reader, add 'that': You can see that the holes ...
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