His car was stolen
Are these correct:
1) His van was stolen. That's why the cops stopped him. They gave the van back to its rightful owner and booked him.
2) Her necklace was stolen. She had bought it from a fence.
3) The van he was driving was stolen. That's why the cops stopped him.
Gratefully,
Navi
Top answer
They are all correct, but the first one elicits a second and a third look once you get to the last word. " But a backtrack and reread solves the somewhat ambiguous reference. And I'm not even going to get into why the cops might have stopped the man whose van was stolen rather than the man who stole it (first two sentences).
- They are all correct, but the first one elicits a second and a third look once you get to the last word.
- " But a backtrack and reread solves the somewhat ambiguous reference.
- And I'm not even going to get into why the cops might have stopped the man whose van was stolen rather than the man who stole it (first two sentences).
- Did you put that first one in there to see if we were awake?
- CJ
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They are all correct, but the first one elicits a second and a third look once you get to the last word. One asks oneself "Why did they book the rightful owner?" But a backtrack and reread solves the somewhat ambiguous reference. And I'm not even going to get into why the cops might have stopped the man whose van was stolen rather than the man who stole it (first two sentences).
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