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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Is this way to shorten a relative clause grammatically correct?
Is the sentence below grammatically correct?
The designer wanted to create dress styles recognizably different from those of her contemporaries.
I undertand that here: "dress styles recognizably different from those of ther contemporaries" means "dress styles which are recognizably different from those of ther contemporaries."
Am I correct? Is that acceptable?
As far as I know we only change the verb into its present participle form (styles being recognizably different). However that sentence sound very correct to me. Or is that a way of using the word create? Like in make it different?
The designer wanted to create dress styles recognizably different from those of her contemporaries.
I undertand that here: "dress styles recognizably different from those of ther contemporaries" means "dress styles which are recognizably different from those of ther contemporaries."
Am I correct? Is that acceptable?
As far as I know we only change the verb into its present participle form (styles being recognizably different). However that sentence sound very correct to me. Or is that a way of using the word create? Like in make it different?
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" Am I correct? Is that acceptable? Yes.
- " Am I correct?
- Is that acceptable?
- Yes.
- It is very common to delete the relative pronoun and use the participles in these clauses.
- Note that the noun being modified would be in the the subject position in the clause.
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I undertand that here: "dress styles recognizably different from those of her contemporaries" means "dress styles which are recognizably different from those of her contemporaries."
Am I correct? Is that acceptable? Yes. It is very common to delete the relative pronoun and use the participles in these clauses. Note that th
Am I correct? Is that acceptable? Yes. It is very common to delete the relative pronoun and use the participles in these clauses. Note that th
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Thank you for your reply.
What I mean is, the word different here is a non-participle adjective, which means it is nor formed from a verb.
In your examples, wearing is a present participle and made is a past participle.
If I do the same to the following sentence, I should change:
The designer wanted to create dress styles which are recogni
What I mean is, the word different here is a non-participle adjective, which means it is nor formed from a verb.
In your examples, wearing is a present participle and made is a past participle.
If I do the same to the following sentence, I should change:
The designer wanted to create dress styles which are recogni
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