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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Reducing a relative clause here
Can we reduce in the 1st but not the 2nd?
The worst shake happened in X, just thirty minutes from Y.
The worst shake happened in X, which is just thirty minutes from Y.
We walked all the way across the field, which was exhausting.
We walked all the way across the field, exhausting.
The worst shake happened in X, just thirty minutes from Y.
The worst shake happened in X, which is just thirty minutes from Y.
We walked all the way across the field, which was exhausting.
We walked all the way across the field, exhausting.
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Yes. But in a narrative or a dialogue, you might say, "We walked all the way across the field! "
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- But in a narrative or a dialogue, you might say, "We walked all the way across the field!
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Yes.
But in a narrative or a dialogue, you might say, "We walked all the way across the field! Exhausting!"
But in a narrative or a dialogue, you might say, "We walked all the way across the field! Exhausting!"
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