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Pructus Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Relative pronouns
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John opened only three of the boxes.
? a. the boxes only three of which John opened.
? b. the boxes of which John opened only three.
? c. the boxes John opened only three of.
? d. the boxes John opened only three of which
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All these sound OK to the native ears?
John opened only three of the boxes.
? a. the boxes only three of which John opened.
? b. the boxes of which John opened only three.
? c. the boxes John opened only three of.
? d. the boxes John opened only three of which
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All these sound OK to the native ears?
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pructus All these sound OK to the native ears? Not d. That's bizarre!
- pructus All these sound OK to the native ears?
- Not d.
- That's bizarre!
- c.
- is a bit difficult to follow, too, so that's "borderline", but I'd definitely accept a.
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pructusAll these sound OK to the native ears?Not d. That's bizarre!
c. is a bit difficult to follow, too, so that's "borderline", but I'd definitely accept a. and b. as OK to my native ears.
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I concur with CJ, only a and b sound right to me. I find that c is a poorly constructed version of your example sentence "John opened only three of the boxes" so there's no need to reorder it and make it questionable. Option d does not work at all.
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