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Cho7712 Posted 14 years ago
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It is quite confusing to understand the difference in meaning between the following examples.
e.g. His house which he bought last year has a nice garden.
His house which he bought last year had a nice garden.
It is suggested as an incorrect use of the restrictive relative clause in the former sentence according to my text.
And it is my question that the second sentence is whether correct or not. What is your answer?
e.g. His house which he bought last year has a nice garden.
His house which he bought last year had a nice garden.
It is suggested as an incorrect use of the restrictive relative clause in the former sentence according to my text.
And it is my question that the second sentence is whether correct or not. What is your answer?
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Ordinary people don't buy jouses the way they buy umbrellas. Common sense says the man bought only one house. That's why the relative clause should be set off with commas: His house, which he bought last year, has a nice garden.
- Ordinary people don't buy jouses the way they buy umbrellas.
- Common sense says the man bought only one house.
- That's why the relative clause should be set off with commas: His house, which he bought last year, has a nice garden.
- ) CB
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Ordinary people don't buy jouses the way they buy umbrellas. Common sense says the man bought only one house. That's why the relative clause should be set off with commas: His house, which he bought last year, has a nice garden. (The garden is still nice, so the present tense is used.)
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His house which he bought last year had a nice garden.
this is correct
this is correct
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Hi,
It is quite confusing to understand the difference in meaning between the following examples.
e.g. His house, which he bought last year, has a nice garden. It has it now.
His house
It is quite confusing to understand the difference in meaning between the following examples.
e.g. His house, which he bought last year, has a nice garden. It has it now.
His house
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Thank you for all,
Then, concerning the second sentence being a restrictive version, there can be such implicatures ;
He has the same house still but no garden.
He has no house as well as no garden.
He has another house and there is no suggestion as to whether having a garden or not.
Is this right thinking?
Then, concerning the second sentence being a restrictive version, there can be such implicatures ;
He has the same house still but no garden.
He has no house as well as no garden.
He has another house and there is no suggestion as to whether having a garden or not.
Is this right thinking?
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Hi,
Then, concerning the second sentence being a restrictive version, there can be such implicatures implications ;
You mean 'His house which he bought last year had a nice garden'.
He has the same house still but no garden. We don't know whether he still has the house
Then, concerning the second sentence being a restrictive version, there can be such implicatures implications ;
You mean 'His house which he bought last year had a nice garden'.
He has the same house still but no garden. We don't know whether he still has the house
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Thank you so much, Clive.
According to your explanation, there isn't any definite implications in this case.
So it is viewed as having obscurity or vagueness in terms of his current dwelling condition.
Then it is apparent that the meaning captured in this sentence is nothing but as it looks like itself, for it holds open possibilities in deciding what implications are there to be.
According to your explanation, there isn't any definite implications in this case.
So it is viewed as having obscurity or vagueness in terms of his current dwelling condition.
Then it is apparent that the meaning captured in this sentence is nothing but as it looks like itself, for it holds open possibilities in deciding what implications are there to be.
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