reduction of relative clause

0 This is called the Whizz-deletion 0-

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01cite10Diamondrg12cite10- 11b10The snow falling12b10 overnight has turned to ice.12br
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10- 11b10The snow falling12b10 overnight has caused traffic chaos.12br
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10- 11b10The girl falling12b10 over on the ice broke her arm.

0I'm not sure but only the last sentence seems correct.02br
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00I pulled off 01b00the sheets covering02b00 the furniture. (I pulled off the sheets which are covering the furniture).02br
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00The reason why the other three sentences are wrong is that the clauses on both sides of the sentences don't cohere with each other in terms

0I would say "The snow that fell" in both the first and second, and "The girl who fell" for the third.0-

0According to Advanced Grammar in Use by Hewings,02br
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002 and 4 are correct but 1 and 3 are not. He writes:01blockquote

00Sometimes, however, we can't use an -ing clause. For example:12br
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10• when the event or action talked about in the defining relative clause comes before the event or12br
10action talked about in

I'm reasonably sure that kilimanjaro and diamondrg might be the same person, but that aside, you're questions are really worth reading!

I'm sharing not a few of your grammatical questions!

Teleostomi
I'm reasonably sure that kilimanjaro and diamondrg might be the same person, but that aside, you're questions are really worth reading!

I'm sharing not a few of your grammatical questions!

Hello Teleostomi,

No, we are not the same person. I know "Diamondrg". He's my friend and both of us are into the same kind of stuf

I think the ones in bold are rarely used.If we think carefully they may seem us correct but it forces us to think to understand the meaning.You had better not use it in daily speech