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Paco2004 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
In where is now Berkeley
Hello guys
The sentence above was extracted from a Wikipedia article explaining how University of California was founded.
[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California"]University of California[/url]
What I feel odd in the subordinate clause in "The college's trustees purchased 160 acres of land in where is now Berkeley." Do you think it is grammatical?
paco
Beforehand, Congregational minister Henry Durant had established the College of California in Oakland, California in 1855. With an eye for expansion, the college's trustees purchased 160 acres (650,000 m²) of land in where is now Berkeley in 1866. But unlike the state's Agricultural, Mining, and Mechanical Arts College, it lacked the funds to operate.
The sentence above was extracted from a Wikipedia article explaining how University of California was founded.
[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California"]University of California[/url]
What I feel odd in the subordinate clause in "The college's trustees purchased 160 acres of land in where is now Berkeley." Do you think it is grammatical?
paco
Top answer
") Yes. Very odd. Ungrammatical, I'd say.
- ") Yes.
- Very odd.
- Ungrammatical, I'd say.
- At the bare minimum it would have to be "...
- land where Berkeley is now".
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("What I feel is odd is the subordinate ...")
Yes. Very odd. Ungrammatical, I'd say. At the bare minimum it would have to be "... land where Berkeley is now".
"With an eye toward expansion, in 1866 the college trustees purchased 160 acres of land where Berkeley now stands."
"... land which is the current location of Berkeley."
and so on. There are sever
Yes. Very odd. Ungrammatical, I'd say. At the bare minimum it would have to be "... land where Berkeley is now".
"With an eye toward expansion, in 1866 the college trustees purchased 160 acres of land where Berkeley now stands."
"... land which is the current location of Berkeley."
and so on. There are sever
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Hello CJ
Thank you for the quick reply. I'm glad to know I was right.
One alterantive I come across is;
"In 1866, with an eye toward expansion, the college trustees purchased 160 acres of land in what is now Berkeley"
paco
Thank you for the quick reply. I'm glad to know I was right.
One alterantive I come across is;
"In 1866, with an eye toward expansion, the college trustees purchased 160 acres of land in what is now Berkeley"
paco
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