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Propar Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Preposition + rel. pronoun question.
Hi, natives!
I have a question all the time it has irritated me.
1. "There is some difference between Miss Kim's songs and those to which the term signing is usually applied."
2. "There is some difference between Miss Kim's songs and those which the term signing is usually applied to."
If you natives write the sentence above, you will write it like No.1.
but most of ESL Students especially in Korea prefer No.2 style.
When you write the sentence No. 1, how to determine the word "to"?
Do you determine the last of the whole senctence in you mind before you write the word "to"?
I mean, Do you think of "apply to" then write "to which... apply."?
Sometimes English makes me confused.
Please, answer me?
I have a question all the time it has irritated me.
1. "There is some difference between Miss Kim's songs and those to which the term signing is usually applied."
2. "There is some difference between Miss Kim's songs and those which the term signing is usually applied to."
If you natives write the sentence above, you will write it like No.1.
but most of ESL Students especially in Korea prefer No.2 style.
When you write the sentence No. 1, how to determine the word "to"?
Do you determine the last of the whole senctence in you mind before you write the word "to"?
I mean, Do you think of "apply to" then write "to which... apply."?
Sometimes English makes me confused.
Please, answer me?
Top answer
#1 is formal or very formal. #2 is conversational or informal. We do not do any of that 'thinking' and 'determining' that you refer to.
- #1 is formal or very formal.
- #2 is conversational or informal.
- We do not do any of that 'thinking' and 'determining' that you refer to.
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#1 is formal or very formal.
#2 is conversational or informal.
We do not do any of that 'thinking' and 'determining' that you refer to.
#2 is conversational or informal.
We do not do any of that 'thinking' and 'determining' that you refer to.
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propar1. "There is some difference between Miss Kim's songs and those to which the term signing is usually applied."Personally, if the "which" clause is long or complicated, I save the "to" til the end.
2. "There is some difference between Miss Kim's songs and those which the term signing is usually applied to.
If it's short and simple, I place the "t
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