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Taka Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Relative pronoun

Is this sentence (the underlined part in particular) grammatically OK?

You should try the things you don't think you are good at doing or you can do.
  

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I think it is grammatical, but the ending feels awkward to me. I would suggest this: You should try the things you don't think you are good at doing or are able to do.

— GPY

  • I think it is grammatical, but the ending feels awkward to me.
  • I would suggest this: You should try the things you don't think you are good at doing or are able to do.
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I think it is grammatical, but the ending feels awkward to me. I would suggest this:

You should try the things you don't think you are good at doing or are able to do.
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That's much better. I agree.

But the point of my question is whether it is possible to omit the second relative pronoun of this kind below or not.

1:The things which are easy to do or which are beneficial to you?The things which are easy to do or beneficial to you.

2:The things which are easy to do and which are beneficial to you?The things which
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I agree with what I think you mean. In (4) the original and the converted form are both about multiple things, but in the first case two groups of things that have the respective properties, and in the second case one group of things with both properties.
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Sorry. The last sentence of the previous post was confusing. I meant to say

... the original is about two separate kinds of things whereas the converted one is about one kind of things.

It seems you understood my intention.

Thank you very much, GPY!
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