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Teleostomi Posted 20 years ago
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Is this really an OK sentence?
1)There was obviously a deep love and respect for these animals, which many modern people find hard to understand.
2)There was obviously a deep love and respect for these animals, which many modern people find it hard to understand.
Is (2) really OK?
2)There was obviously a deep love and respect for these animals, which many modern people find it hard to understand.
Is (2) really OK?
Top answer
No, 2 is not ok.
- No, 2 is not ok.
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«There was obviously a deep love and respect for these animals, which many modern people find it hard to understand.»
Istead of this sentence you could say:
«There was obviously a deep love and respect for these animals, and many modern people find it hard to understand.»
Istead of this sentence you could say:
«There was obviously a deep love and respect for these animals, and many modern people find it hard to understand.»
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Ant_222«There was obviously a deep love and respect for these animals, which many modern people find it hard to understand.»
Istead of this sentence you could say: «There was obviously a deep love and respect for these animals, and many modern people find it hard to understand.»
I think Nona's objection refers
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Thanks for the feedback, Marius.
«I think Nona's objection refers to it, and it's correct.»
I understood Nona as pointing to the double reference to the same object (with both the words "which" and "it" in the example#2). So, I removed the "which" and thus eliminated the problem.
And single "it" is also incorrect? Why?
«I think Nona's objection refers to it, and it's correct.»
I understood Nona as pointing to the double reference to the same object (with both the words "which" and "it" in the example#2). So, I removed the "which" and thus eliminated the problem.
And single "it" is also incorrect? Why?
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Marius HancuI'd suggest as as alternative:
There was obviously a deep love and respect for these animals, and many modern people find hard to understand that.
There was obviously a deep love and respect for these animals, and many modern people find that
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You can find something hard to understand or find it hard to understand something. Starting from these two forms the two initial sentences are both correct, although instinctively I felt the first one sounded more natural.
Marius' first example puts "that" in the place of "which", but this does not eliminate "it": "... and many
Marius' first example puts "that" in the place of "which", but this does not eliminate "it": "... and many
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