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Jalaladdin Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Reduction in relatives
I know that in defining relative clauses we can omit 'who/which/that + is/was' whether the word there is in passive or in continuous form.
And my question is whether this is the case with 'has been' or 'had been' in either form.
For example; can these sentences be reduced into the forms shown without any difference in meaning?
The man who had been left in the forest...... = The man left in the forest ............
The girl who has been insulted by her friends........ = The girl insulted.............
And in continuous form;
The man who had been struggling to revive..... = The man struggling to revive.......
The farmers who have been protesting the new law...... = The farmers protesting..............
And my question is whether this is the case with 'has been' or 'had been' in either form.
For example; can these sentences be reduced into the forms shown without any difference in meaning?
The man who had been left in the forest...... = The man left in the forest ............
The girl who has been insulted by her friends........ = The girl insulted.............
And in continuous form;
The man who had been struggling to revive..... = The man struggling to revive.......
The farmers who have been protesting the new law...... = The farmers protesting..............
Top answer
Jalaladdin reduced into the forms shown without any difference in meaning? You can do all those reductions. Of course, you lose a little bit of the meaning because you no longer have the tense, but in most cases the rest of the sentence will make it clear.
- Jalaladdin reduced into the forms shown without any difference in meaning?
- You can do all those reductions.
- Of course, you lose a little bit of the meaning because you no longer have the tense, but in most cases the rest of the sentence will make it clear.
- CJ
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Jalaladdin reduced into the forms shown without any difference in meaning?You can do all those reductions. Of course, you lose a little bit of the meaning because you no longer have the tense, but in most cases the rest of the sentence will make it clear.
CJ
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