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TeacherJapan Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Is this correct?

I’ve just encountered a passage from the book I am reading, which I think is grammatically wrong. Isn’t the underlined part supposed to be like the following?

what the truth is and what the most compassionate thing to do is

Societies must act promptly and forcefully, even if they are not sure what is the truth and what is the most compassionate thing to do.

  

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teacherJapan Isn’t the underlined part supposed to be like the following? Yes. Your version is correct.

— CalifJim

  • teacherJapan Isn’t the underlined part supposed to be like the following?
  • Yes.
  • Your version is correct.
  • However, it's not unusual to write that second clause as you saw it because your version, while correct, postpones the verb longer than is comfortable for many writers.
  • what [the most compassionate thing to do] is .
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teacherJapanIsn’t the underlined part supposed to be like the following?

Yes. Your version is correct. However, it's not unusual to write that second clause as you saw it because your version, while correct, postpones the verb longer than is comfortable for many writers.

what [the most compassionate thing to do] is.

So the

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