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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Relative Pronouns

A student of mine had to correct this sentence:-

"Our old car,that we want to sell,has got a puncture."

I can´t see the fault.

Also she had to change this from passive to active:-

"They were given a prize for their hard work."

Starting with the words"A prize..."

For the life of me I couldn´t do it.
  

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Hi, In the future, please use two threads to ask two unrelated questions. " I can´t see the fault. By setting it off with commas, you indicate that "that we want to sell" is not important to identifying which car you mean.

— BarbaraPA

  • Hi, In the future, please use two threads to ask two unrelated questions.
  • " I can´t see the fault.
  • By setting it off with commas, you indicate that "that we want to sell" is not important to identifying which car you mean.
  • If you need to say "that we want to sell" to identify the car, then don't use commas.
  • The car that we want to sell has a puncture.
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Hi,

In the future, please use two threads to ask two unrelated questions.
AnonymousA student of mine had to correct this sentence:-"Our old car,that we want to sell,has got a puncture."
I can´t see the fault.

By setting it off with commas, you indicate that "that we want to sell" is not important to identifying which car you mean.

If you
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"Our old car,that we want to sell,has got a puncture. I can´t see the fault.-- 'That' introduces restrictive clauses only. Correct: Our old car, which we want to sell, has got a puncture.

Also she had to change this from passive to active:- "They were given a prize for their hard work." Starting with the words"A prize..."For the life of me I couldn´t do it.-- I
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