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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Relative pronoun
kindly tell which sentence is correct?"I do not know the family which lives next door." or "I do not know the family who lives next door" please comment at ur earliest.thanks
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Hard to pin down. Both are used. Personally, I'd say, "the family who live next door," choosing to think of them as a group of individuals.
- Hard to pin down.
- Both are used.
- Personally, I'd say, "the family who live next door," choosing to think of them as a group of individuals.
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Hard to pin down. Both are used.
Personally, I'd say, "the family who live next door," choosing to think of them as a group of individuals.
Some might argue that if you think of the family as a "singular thing," you must use "which." (It lives next door.)
I rather think of it as "They live next door."
Personally, I'd say, "the family who live next door," choosing to think of them as a group of individuals.
Some might argue that if you think of the family as a "singular thing," you must use "which." (It lives next door.)
I rather think of it as "They live next door."
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Use the contraction, if speech, or informal writing:
I don't know.
'family' is an impersonal noun (even though it refers to persons).
Also, the sentence referring to 'living next door' identifies the specific family, so you would use 'that, not 'which'
So:
I do not know the family that lives next door.
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I don't know the family that lives n
I don't know.
'family' is an impersonal noun (even though it refers to persons).
Also, the sentence referring to 'living next door' identifies the specific family, so you would use 'that, not 'which'
So:
I do not know the family that lives next door.
OR
I don't know the family that lives n
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