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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Grammar--one sentence, ellipted clause and relative pronoun
I rode over a hundred mountains and crossed ten rivers, most of it in the dark, for a whole month, and everything was okay.
I assume 'the riding over a hundred mountains and crossing ten rivers' is the antecedent for it??
Would we call it a relative pronoun here, even though you don't here it being called this?
Could we replace it with which only if we include was (most of which was in the dark)?
And is most of it in the dark ellipted (most of it was in the dark)? Because the phrase has been ellipted and therefore is not a main clause, but a phrase, can we use a comma here instead of a period?
I assume 'the riding over a hundred mountains and crossing ten rivers' is the antecedent for it??
Would we call it a relative pronoun here, even though you don't here it being called this?
Could we replace it with which only if we include was (most of which was in the dark)?
And is most of it in the dark ellipted (most of it was in the dark)? Because the phrase has been ellipted and therefore is not a main clause, but a phrase, can we use a comma here instead of a period?
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English 1b3 I rode over a hundred mountains and crossed ten rivers, most of it in the dark, for a whole month, and everything was okay. It's not an elegant sentence. " This is a version I would prefer: For a whole month, riding mostly in the dark, I journeyed over a hundred mountains and crossed ten rivers.
- English 1b3 I rode over a hundred mountains and crossed ten rivers, most of it in the dark, for a whole month, and everything was okay.
- It's not an elegant sentence.
- " This is a version I would prefer: For a whole month, riding mostly in the dark, I journeyed over a hundred mountains and crossed ten rivers.
- Regards, A- s
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English 1b3 I rode over a hundred mountains and crossed ten rivers, most of it in the dark, for a whole month, and everything was okay.It's not an elegant sentence. That's why you are having some trouble with "it" and "which."
This is a version I would prefer:
For a whole month, riding mostly in the dark, I journeyed over a hundred mountains an
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The sentence comes from a book called Shantaram, a very well-known fiction story about a foreigner living in India.
It is very well written on the whole...Do you think it is technically/grammatically wrong or just awkward?
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It is very well written on the whole...Do you think it is technically/grammatically wrong or just awkward?
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To me, it is just plain awkward.
That is the reason you are asking questions about it.
Regards,
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That is the reason you are asking questions about it.
Regards,
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