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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
One sentence--two different relative clauses
Please speak in a way that doesn't make you appear ignorant.
Is b grammatical and interchangeable with a? Which do you prefer? I'd say a is more natural and common, but your opinions are valued.
Please speak in a way that you don't appear ignorant.
Ta
Is b grammatical and interchangeable with a? Which do you prefer? I'd say a is more natural and common, but your opinions are valued.
Please speak in a way that you don't appear ignorant.
Ta
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English 1b3 Please speak in a way that doesn't make you appear ignorant. Good English. That is a relative pronoun whose antecedent is way.
- English 1b3 Please speak in a way that doesn't make you appear ignorant.
- Good English.
- That is a relative pronoun whose antecedent is way.
- English 1b3 Please speak in a way that you don't appear ignorant.
- " However, in my grammar that could also easily be understood to be a conjunction in this sentence.
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English 1b3Please speak in a way that doesn't make you appear ignorant.Good English. That is a relative pronoun whose antecedent is way.
English 1b3Please speak in a way that you don't appear ignorant.
English is used in many ways and that is often used even without a preposition, just
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English 1b3Which do you prefer?The first.
English 1b3Please speak in a way that you don't appear ignorant.You need in such a way that. Otherwise you have a sentence like
*Please talk to the man that you met his sister last week.
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CalifJimYou need in such a way that
Hi,
Why does adding such render the sentence grammatical?
I'm having a hard time explaining why my sentence is wrong, but it does sound wrong to me.
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English 1b3Why does adding such render the sentence grammatical?I don't really know! such goes with that to create a result clause, I suppose. in such a way that = so that.
CJ
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I think I have come up with a logical reason why my original sentence doesn't work.
The relative pronoun needs to be a part of speech, either an object of a verb or preposition, or the subject of the verb:
Please speak in a way that you don't appear ignorant.
Here, that doesn't function as any one of these parts of speech.
Well, this makes it clear to me. Not s
The relative pronoun needs to be a part of speech, either an object of a verb or preposition, or the subject of the verb:
Please speak in a way that you don't appear ignorant.
Here, that doesn't function as any one of these parts of speech.
Well, this makes it clear to me. Not s
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