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Hanuman_2000 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
past tense
Hello,
1. The X that I ate was very soft.
What would the other way to write this sentence?
I am a little bit confused with the combination of "ATE WAS".
Could anybody explain it?
Thanks.
1. The X that I ate was very soft.
What would the other way to write this sentence?
I am a little bit confused with the combination of "ATE WAS".
Could anybody explain it?
Thanks.
Top answer
I ate X. The X was very soft. Which X?
- I ate X.
- The X was very soft.
- Which X?
- Which X was very soft?
- The X that I ate.
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I ate X.
The X was very soft.
Which X? Which X was very soft?
The X that I ate. That was the X that was very soft.
The X (that I ate) was very soft.
The X that I ate || was very soft.
ate was is not a grouping. ate goes with one clause; was goes with another clause.
Compare:
The letter that I wrote wa
The X was very soft.
Which X? Which X was very soft?
The X that I ate. That was the X that was very soft.
The X (that I ate) was very soft.
The X that I ate || was very soft.
ate was is not a grouping. ate goes with one clause; was goes with another clause.
Compare:
The letter that I wrote wa
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