grammar question

It's fine.

You may want to replace the brackets with commas or m-dashes.

Hi,

Is this sentence grammatically correct? She wrote twenty novels (of which two were apparently unpublished), three poems and a play. (I have doubts about the relative clause between brackets.

It's not good for your English grammar to get into the habit of using brackets. Why not say it this way?

She wrote three poems , a play, an

Thanks to both of you. Clive, I agree with you, it's better to get rid of the brackets.

CliveShe wrote three poems , a play, and twenty novels of which two were apparently unpublished.

Hi Clive

To my mind a comma is needed: She wrote three poems , a play, and twenty novels, of which two were apparently unpublished.

CB

Is it an American thing then to prefer "... 20 novels, two of which... " instead of "of which two"?

I don't feel the original is wrong in any way, but "two of which" sounds so much more natural!

Grammar GeekIs it an American thing then to prefer "... 20 novels, two of which... " instead of "of which two"?

I don't feel the original is wrong in any way, but "two of which" sounds so much more natural!

I agree.

Grammar GeekIs it an American thing then to prefer "... 20 novels, two of which... " instead of "of which two"?

Hi GG

No, I think "of which two" was more common in the 19th century.

So, if it "of which two" was more usual in the 19th century, I'll change to "two of which" but the rest of the sentence doesn't change, does it?

and what would happen if I want to rewrite the sentence like this:

Even though, she wrote twenty poems, a play, and twelve novels, two of which were apparently unpublished, she never became a well-known writer.

Does it sound Ok?

Even though, she wrote twenty poems, a play, and twelve novels, two of which were apparently unpublished, she never became a well-known writer.

No first comma.

You could argue that the "two of which" could apply to the novels or the other things.