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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Grammar Help

Hi Good morning / evening everyone,

I would like some help with the following sentence.

My mother said that, in the Chinese culture, mandarin oranges are believed to bring good luck.

Is the sentence grammatical and can we do away with "are believed to" in the sentence?

Thank you.
  

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Anonymous Is the sentence grammatical Yes. The comma after "that" may be excessive. Anonymous can we do away with "are believed to" in the sentence?

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  • Anonymous Is the sentence grammatical Yes.
  • The comma after "that" may be excessive.
  • Anonymous can we do away with "are believed to" in the sentence?
  • Yes.
  • But the meaning changes.
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AnonymousIs the sentence grammatical
Yes.
The comma after "that" may be excessive.
Anonymous can we do away with "are believed to" in the sentence?
Yes. But the meaning changes.
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If we were to write "........in Chinese culture, mandarin oranges bring good luck.", we actually mean "mandarin oranges will bring good luck according to Chinese culture ?

Thanks for helping.
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You need "according to"
According to Chinese traditions and customs, mandarin oranges bring good luck.
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Also ... "My mother said Chinese culture believes mandarin oranges bring good luck." This preserves the original intent of "believes" instead of "fact" while simplifying the sentence.
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"My mother said that Chinese people believe mandarin oranges bring good luck."
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"My mother said that Chinese people believe mandarin oranges bring good luck" - because the mandarin oranges are "Ju" (pronounced something like "dgue"), sounding similar as the word "fortunate" in Chinese.

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