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Efecevher Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Relative Pronoun 'with which to'

With the invention of fire,we developed a wider assortment of materials with which to form our utensil,decorations,tools and weapons.

I need some information about the highleted relative pronoun. How does it work?

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A rather vague question. Your sentence can also look like this: we developed a wider assortment of materials to form our utensil s ,decorations, tools and weapons with . Does that help you understand?

— Mister Micawber

  • A rather vague question.
  • Your sentence can also look like this: we developed a wider assortment of materials to form our utensil s ,decorations, tools and weapons with .
  • Does that help you understand?
  • Some more sentences: This is the bat with which I hit the grand slam home run.
  • (the bat I hit the home run with ) Allie, with whom I travelled to Bali, is my best friend.
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A rather vague question. Your sentence can also look like this:

we developed a wider assortment of materials to form our utensils ,decorations, tools and weapons with.

Does that help you understand?

Some more sentences:

This is the bat with which I hit the grand slam home run. (the bat I hit the home run with)
Al
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I think that it would be better to avoid "with which to" in this sentence.
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How would you recast the sentence, Neeraj?
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Contrary to what you said, Neeraj, I believe it would be considered more formal and grammatically correct to use "with which to".

Just my two cents worth =)
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