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Mikael Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Persons present vs present persons (word order)
All the persons present at the meeting were in favour of the proposal.
All the present persons at the meeting were in favour of the proposal.
Is the word order correct? Are the both sentences ok?
All the present persons at the meeting were in favour of the proposal.
Is the word order correct? Are the both sentences ok?
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Mikael All the persons present at the meeting were in favour of the proposal. Only this one is correct.
- Mikael All the persons present at the meeting were in favour of the proposal.
- Only this one is correct.
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MikaelAll the persons present at the meeting were in favour of the proposal.Only this one is correct.
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RayHBut why is not the other one correct? Do you have a grammar explanation?MikaelAll the persons present at the meeting were in favour of the proposal.
Thank you
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The only time I can think of that you would hear "present persons" is with the little tag phrase.
"The people who work at this company are dolts, present persons (company) excluded, of course."
Your sentence involves an understood relative clause: all the persons (who were) present...
"The people who work at this company are dolts, present persons (company) excluded, of course."
Your sentence involves an understood relative clause: all the persons (who were) present...
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