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Fold banana 649 Posted 9 years ago
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Is this sentence grammatically correct?

"In 1990, the number of people cycled to work stood at 1,000 individuals."

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fold banana 649 "In 1990, the number of people cycling to work stood at 1,000. 'cycle' is an intransitive verb-- it doesn't have a passive form. [...

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  • fold banana 649 "In 1990, the number of people cycling to work stood at 1,000.
  • 'cycle' is an intransitive verb-- it doesn't have a passive form.
  • [...
  • of people cycled to work =...
  • of people who were cycled to work]
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fold banana 649"In 1990, the number of people cycling to work stood at 1,000.

'cycle' is an intransitive verb-- it doesn't have a passive form.

[...of people cycled to work=...of people who were cycled to work]

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fold banana 649the number of people who cycled to work

You need a relative pronoun there.

CJ

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