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Pructus Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Grammatically wrong
Hi, Members and Gurus~
I'd like native speaker's opinion on this Enlgish language problem....
** Which is grammatically wrong?
Oxygen is what it is all about. Ironically, the stuff that gives
us life eventually kills it. The ultimate life force lies in tiny
cellular factories of energy, called mitochondria, ?that burn
nearly all the oxygen we breathe in. But breathing has a price.
The combustion of oxygen that keeps us alive and active
?sending out by-products called oxygen free radicals. They
have Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde characteristics. On the one
hand, they help guarantee our survival. For example, when the
body mobilizes ?to fight off infectious agents, it generates a
burst of free radicals to destroy the invaders very efficiently.
On the other hand, free radicals move ?uncontrollably
through the body, attacking cells, rusting their proteins,
piercing their membranes and corrupting their genetic code
until the cells become dysfunctional and sometimes give up
and die. These fierce radicals, ?built into life as both
protectors and avengers, are potent agents of aging.
I'd like native speaker's opinion on this Enlgish language problem....
** Which is grammatically wrong?
Oxygen is what it is all about. Ironically, the stuff that gives
us life eventually kills it. The ultimate life force lies in tiny
cellular factories of energy, called mitochondria, ?that burn
nearly all the oxygen we breathe in. But breathing has a price.
The combustion of oxygen that keeps us alive and active
?sending out by-products called oxygen free radicals. They
have Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde characteristics. On the one
hand, they help guarantee our survival. For example, when the
body mobilizes ?to fight off infectious agents, it generates a
burst of free radicals to destroy the invaders very efficiently.
On the other hand, free radicals move ?uncontrollably
through the body, attacking cells, rusting their proteins,
piercing their membranes and corrupting their genetic code
until the cells become dysfunctional and sometimes give up
and die. These fierce radicals, ?built into life as both
protectors and avengers, are potent agents of aging.
Top answer
#2
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6 Answers
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Oh, thanks Mister Micawber~.....
How about #1?
Shouldn't it be "which", because comma is used right in front of it, which makes it the continuative use of "which"?
And grammar books usually say that "that" can't be used continuatively?
How about #1?
Shouldn't it be "which", because comma is used right in front of it, which makes it the continuative use of "which"?
And grammar books usually say that "that" can't be used continuatively?
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pructusShouldn't it be "which", because comma is used right in front of it,No. That comma doesn't count because it's just closing off the parenthetical phrase. It's "factories of energy that burn", but with a parenthetical comment set off by commas — not the kind of comma they're talking about in the grammar books when they talk about that and whi
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Oh, CJ, I see.... I see...
I saw the whole thread about this....
And I am persuaded that it's the "parenthetical comment", not related with the "which or that" matter....
By the way, maybe it is insigficant, but I have another question on this passage...
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The ultimate life force lies in tiny cellular factories of energy, called mitochondria, ?that burn
I saw the whole thread about this....
And I am persuaded that it's the "parenthetical comment", not related with the "which or that" matter....
By the way, maybe it is insigficant, but I have another question on this passage...
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The ultimate life force lies in tiny cellular factories of energy, called mitochondria, ?that burn
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pructusIf we consider the whole underlined part as a phrase, not a sentence, then can't "sending" be correct?The whole pharase functioning as the supplemental explanation for "a price", so "sending" being a present participle?Yes. That's one way of looking at it, and a clever interpretation as well, I'd say.
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