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Chivalry Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Just a tiny question

Here's the passage I saw:"The police entered Mr. Owen's house, they overhauled his papers and impudently took down the red flag he had in house, the one he had the same right that you have to have a green or blue one."
My questions is, isn't the pronoun that supposed to be replaced by as?
I think it's more correct that way, am I right?
And I even think that the clause should be "the one he had the same right to have as you do to have a green or blue one."
  

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I look at it this way; perhaps others will have a different explanation. They both sound fine to me, the difference being what one sees as the antecedent. That refers to right , while as would refer to the verb has .

— Philip

  • I look at it this way; perhaps others will have a different explanation.
  • They both sound fine to me, the difference being what one sees as the antecedent.
  • That refers to right , while as would refer to the verb has .
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I look at it this way; perhaps others will have a different explanation.

They both sound fine to me, the difference being what one sees as the antecedent. That refers to right, while as would refer to the verb has.
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PhilipI look at it this way; perhaps others will have a different explanation.They both sound fine to me, the difference being what one sees as the antecedent. That refers to right, while as would refer to the verb has.
Thank you, Philip,
just clarifying something here,
either of what you suggested expresses the same meaning, am I right?
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