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Teo Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

reduced relative clause

01. I don't like the movie 01i00which is interesting to teenagers.02i02br
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002. I don't like the movie 01i00interesting to teenagers.02i02br
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00According to an English grammar book published in Taiwan, #1 can be reduced to #2.02br
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00Do you agree?0-
  

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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Teo12cite 101. 12i 12br 12br 102. 12br 12br 12blockquote 10 Both are wrong, to my ear.

— Eviltony

  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Teo12cite 101.
  • 12i 12br 12br 102.
  • 12br 12br 12blockquote 10 Both are wrong, to my ear.
  • What are you trying to say?
  • That you don't like 01i 00any_ movie which is _aimed at02i 00 teenagers, or that there is one movie (the movie) which you don't like.
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01cite10Teo12cite101. I don't like the movie 11i10which is interesting to teenagers.12i12br
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102. I don't like the movie 11i10interesting to teenagers.12i12br
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10According to an English grammar book published in Taiwan, #1 can be reduced to #2.12br
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0 Yes 2 is a reduced form of 1.02br
00You've shortened it by omitting "which is". So it's reduced.0-
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0I agree with Tony. Neither sound right.02br
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00Aside from sounding like the fact that you didn't like the movie is what is interesting to the teens, 01i00which02i00 is used for nonrestrictive phrases.02br
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00I don't like the movie that the teenagers found interesting.02br
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00The teenagers found it int
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