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Qingqing Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Is the phrase "three years ago" can be an antecedent of a relative clause?

0I first met Lisa three years ago when we were working at a radio station together.02br
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00Is "three years ago" can be an antecedent of a relative clause?0-
  

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0Hi,02br 02br 00The meeting of the two people was a brief and very finite event, so I'd change the tense in the 'when' clause to simple past. 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 00The meeting of the two people was a brief and very finite event, so I'd change the tense in the 'when' clause to simple past.
  • 02br 02br 00Best wishes, Clive0-
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0Hi,02br
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00The meeting of the two people was a brief and very finite event, so I'd change the tense in the 'when' clause to simple past. ie 02br
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01font00I first met Lisa three years ago when we worked at a radio station together.02font02br
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00Other than that, the sentence sounds fine to
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01cite10Clive12cite10The meeting of the two people was a brief and very finite event, so I'd change the tense in the 'when' clause to simple past. ie 12br
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11font10I first met Lisa three years ago when we worked at a radio station together.12font12br
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0 qingqing,02br
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00 You don't want 01i00Is ... can be ...?02i00 (There is no case of "is can" in English!)02br
00 You want 01i00Can "three years ago" be ...?02br
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02i00Yes. 01i00three years ago02i00 can be the antecedent, and it is the antecedent of 01i00whe
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I first met Lisa three years ago when we worked at a radio station together.02font02br
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00If you want to use continuous, I'd suggest changing 'when' to while'. ie02br
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01font00I first met Lisa three years ago 01i00while we were workin
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10qingqing,12br
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10You don't want 11i10Is ... can be ...?12i10 (There is no case of "is can" in English!)12br
10You want 11i10Can "three years ago" be ...?12br
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12i10Yes. 11i10three years ago12i
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0 Yes. You are right. I have to change my answer. 01i00three years ago02i00 is not an antecedent there. But there is a sort of implied antecedent.02br
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01i00I met her three years ago, that is, at a time when ...02i02br
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00 In this new structure "time" is the antecedent.02br
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00 CJ
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0You may want to consider placing a comma before the adverb clause ". . . when we were working at a radio station together." 02br
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00We call it a non-restrictive adverb clause in America. The time is already know, and this clause simply adds information about it.02br
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00Ikia0-
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01cite10Clive12cite11font10I first met Lisa three years ago when we worked at a radio station together.12font12br
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11font10I first met Lisa three years ago 11i11font10while 12font10we were working12
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