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Diamondrg Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

relative clause

1i00The girl who fell over on the ice broke her arm.02i02br
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01font00How can I reduce this sentence? Does one of these work?02font02br
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00A. The girl falling over on the ice broke her arm.02br
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00B. The girl, falling over on the ice, broke her arm.02br
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00C. The girl having fallen over on the ice broke her arm.02br
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00D. The girl, having fallen over on the ice, broke her arm.02br
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00E. Falling over on the ice, the girl broke her arm.02br
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00F. Having fallen over on the ice, the girl broke her arm.02br
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0 Hello Diamondrg02br 02br 00A. The girl falling over on the ice broke her arm. 02br 02br 00B.

— MrPedantic

  • 0 Hello Diamondrg02br 02br 00A.
  • The girl falling over on the ice broke her arm.
  • 02br 02br 00B.
  • The girl, falling over on the ice, broke her arm.
  • 02br 02br 00C.
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0 Hello Diamondrg02br
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00A. The girl falling over on the ice broke her arm. ] This sounds ok to me.02br
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00B. The girl, falling over on the ice, broke her arm. ] Likewise.02br
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00C. The girl having fallen over on the ice broke her arm. ] This suggests that the breaking occurred somehow after the falling, instead of during th
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1font00Thank you, MrP. What about this one? Do the same things hold true for this one too?02font02br
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01i00The snow which fell overnight has caused traffic chaos.02i02br
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01font00How can I reduce this sentence? Does one of these work?02font02br
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0 Diamondrg,02br
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00 I am very unclear on what you mean by "reducing a sentence". I take it to mean that the same thought should be conveyed in fewer words, and yet all your attempts involve a participle, as if you were purposely restricting yourself with regard to the manner in which the reduction should take place.02br
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00 I'd say 02b
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10Diamondrg,12br
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10I am very unclear on what you mean by "reducing a sentence". I take it to mean that the same thought should be conveyed in fewer words, and yet all your attempts involve a participle, as if you were purposely restricting yourself with regard to the manner in which the red
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0 "A", having no commas, can be correct only if you say "the snow's falling overnight...".02br
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00However, most English people are too stupid to understand that so go for "B"!02br
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00"C" is incorrect. You must use commas.02br
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00One simple test is to delete the phrase between commas. If the sentence still makes sense, the co
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