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Austere125rivers Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Of which or of them?

Three aircraft were shot one of which was manned.
or
Three aircraft were shot one of them was manned.

Ten tramps were dancing two of them were drunk .
or
Ten tramps were dancing two of which were drunk .
  

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austere125rivers, Here is my thought to your questions: Learning English is not just about learning the rules by the book. There are other abstracts to consider as well when constructing a sentence or composing an editorial which can influence how the readers perceive your view, and these "abstracts" are logic, semantics and perspective. The reason I point this out is because your examples are semantically illogical.

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  • austere125rivers, Here is my thought to your questions: Learning English is not just about learning the rules by the book.
  • There are other abstracts to consider as well when constructing a sentence or composing an editorial which can influence how the readers perceive your view, and these "abstracts" are logic, semantics and perspective.
  • The reason I point this out is because your examples are semantically illogical.
  • austere125rivers Three aircraft were shot one of which was manned.
  • or Three aircraft were shot one of them was manned My perspective: In real life when an aircraft is shot , it is already in a "damaged" state.
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austere125rivers,
Here is my thought to your questions:

Learning English is not just about learning the rules by the book. There are other abstracts to consider as well when constructing a sentence or composing an editorial which can influence how the readers perceive your view, and these "abstracts" are logic, semantics and perspective. The reason I point this out is because your exa
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Hi,

Three aircraft were shot, one of which was manned.
or
Three aircraft were shot. One of them was manned.

It's not idiomatic to say a thing was shot. Usually, 'was shot'
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Without considering the meanings of your sentences and focusing solely on your query about 'of which' and 'of them', here are your options (note the punctuation and omitted verb to be in certain versions):

Three aircraft were shot, one of which was manned.
or
Three aircraft were shot, one of them manned.
or
Three aircraft were shot. One of them was manned.

Ten t
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I think it is time that I start wearing glassesEmotion: geeked...I somehow I saw "manned" as "damaged". My bad! I
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grammarfreakI think it is time that I start wearing glasses...I somehow I saw "manned" as "damaged". My bad! I Please gnore my comments about aircraft.
This is off-topic.

I wonder whether it should be "I think that it is time that I started wearing glasses."
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Oh! Can you explain why the past tense? It is about time that you start doing your own laundry. It is about time that you quit smoking. " It is about time/ it is time" both are time phrases suggesting "now moving forward...". To me "started"
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I am aware of this use on the other side of the pond. But in this neck of the wood, present form of the verb will do just fine.
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grammarfreakI am aware of this use on the other side of the pond. But in this neck of the wood, present form of the verb will do just fine.
Thanks for the information.

Could you provide me with a link which says that we can say/write "It's time I start..."?
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English 1b3 Three aircraft were shot, one of them manned.
Ten tramps were dancing, two of them drunk.
Both of these improperly join two independent clauses wiok comma
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