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Mekkalomp Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Omiting who and auxilary verb
Hi all!
Is it correct to omit who and was in the following question?
1.The young boy who was hitted by a mean lady, who couldn't keep her hands off him, is crying.
2.The young boy hitted by a mean lady, who couldn't keep her hands off him, is crying.
To my understanding, we can omit these words if the verb, in this case hitted, is not acted by the subject. I am not sure if you guys can follow my explanation, since I myself don't grasp this concept entirely; thus, my explanation is poor.
3.The young who has hitted the mean lady.
4.The young hitted the mean lady
We can't drop 'who' and 'has' in the 3rd without changing the meaning.
Is it correct to omit who and was in the following question?
1.The young boy who was hitted by a mean lady, who couldn't keep her hands off him, is crying.
2.The young boy hitted by a mean lady, who couldn't keep her hands off him, is crying.
To my understanding, we can omit these words if the verb, in this case hitted, is not acted by the subject. I am not sure if you guys can follow my explanation, since I myself don't grasp this concept entirely; thus, my explanation is poor.
3.The young who has hitted the mean lady.
4.The young hitted the mean lady
We can't drop 'who' and 'has' in the 3rd without changing the meaning.
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You can omit the words in parentheses: The young boy (who was) hit by a mean lad y w ho couldn't keep her hands off hi m is crying. The youngster (who has) hit the mean lady -- This is not a complete sentence with 'who has', but if you omit 'who has', it is. The youngster hit the mean lady.
- You can omit the words in parentheses: The young boy (who was) hit by a mean lad y w ho couldn't keep her hands off hi m is crying.
- The youngster (who has) hit the mean lady -- This is not a complete sentence with 'who has', but if you omit 'who has', it is.
- The youngster hit the mean lady.
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You can omit the words in parentheses:
The young boy (who was) hit by a mean lady who couldn't keep her hands off him is crying.
The youngster (who has) hit the mean lady -- This is not a complete sentence with 'who has', but if you omit 'who has', it is.
The youngster hit the mean lady.
The young boy (who was) hit by a mean lady who couldn't keep her hands off him is crying.
The youngster (who has) hit the mean lady -- This is not a complete sentence with 'who has', but if you omit 'who has', it is.
The youngster hit the mean lady.
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mekkalompI myself don't grasp this concept entirely; thus, my explanation is poor.The third part of the verb, the past participle, can be used as a modifier.
1) The exhausted old man = the old man who was exhausted (by hard work)
2) The crowned Prince of Orange = the Prince of Orange who was crowned (by the people)
3) The cri
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