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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
I'd like to check with you whether my examples are grammatical
1) I heard of a man critical of what you have written.
2) I saw a man capable of lifting a truck.
3) I met a man confident of flying a kite.
4) I appeased my daughter bored with reading books.
5) I promised my daughter scared of an injection that I will buy ice cream for her after the treatment.
6) I bought a figure for my son interested in Super Man.
7) I was happy looking at my daughter surprised at a sudden present.
I'd like to check with you whether my examples are grammatical, especially the phrases in bold.
Thank you in advance for your help.
2) I saw a man capable of lifting a truck.
3) I met a man confident of flying a kite.
4) I appeased my daughter bored with reading books.
5) I promised my daughter scared of an injection that I will buy ice cream for her after the treatment.
6) I bought a figure for my son interested in Super Man.
7) I was happy looking at my daughter surprised at a sudden present.
I'd like to check with you whether my examples are grammatical, especially the phrases in bold.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
Those relative clauses should not be reduced. eg. 3) I met a man who was confident in flying a kite.
- Those relative clauses should not be reduced.
- eg.
- 3) I met a man who was confident in flying a kite.
- Only #2 is (marginally) acceptable with the reduced form of the relative clause.
- Also, if the clause is non-defining, you have to set it off with commas: 5) I promised my daughter, who was scared of an injection , that I will buy ice cream for her after the treatment.
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Those relative clauses should not be reduced. eg.
3) I met a man who was confident in flying a kite.
Only #2 is (marginally) acceptable with the reduced form of the relative clause.
Also, if the clause is non-defining, you have to set it off with commas:
5) I promised my daughter, who was scared of an injection, that I will buy ice cream for
3) I met a man who was confident in flying a kite.
Only #2 is (marginally) acceptable with the reduced form of the relative clause.
Also, if the clause is non-defining, you have to set it off with commas:
5) I promised my daughter, who was scared of an injection, that I will buy ice cream for
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars, for your precise answer.
Your explanatio
Also, if the clause is non-defining, you have to set it off with commas:
5) I promised my daughter, who was scared of an injection, that I will buy ice cream for her after the treatment.
7) I was happy looking at my daughter, who was surprised at the sudden present.
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I would write this:
It is a play that can evoke very strong emotions.
It is a play that can evoke very strong emotions.
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Thank you, AlpheccaStars for your quick answer.
But my last example is grammatical, isn't it?
For this has come from Oxford Dictionary site.
But my last example is grammatical, isn't it?
For this has come from Oxford Dictionary site.
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park sang joonBut my last example is grammatical, isn't it?Yes. It is literary, not really conversational.
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