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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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relative whose

0I met a man the child of whom is a teacher.02br
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0Grammatical accuracy versus naturalness.02br
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00I wouldn't use child in this sentence, as it implies someone too young to be a teacher.02br
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00In terms of naturalness, I would tend to say, "I met a man whose son/daughter is a teacher".0-
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0In terms of naturalness, I would tend to say, "I met a man whose son/daughter is a 01b00teacher".02b02br
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00In terms of naturalness, I would tend to say, "I met a man whose son/daughter is a 01b00teacher."02b02br
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00In BrE, should the full stop be inside or outside the quotation marks? Or are both acceptable?
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0 You are right. BrE and AmE differ in some punctuation rules. AmE: ... is a teacher."02br
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10You are right. BrE and AmE differ in some punctuation rules. AmE: ... is a teacher."12br
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10(But some of the AmE rules are stupid in my opinion, so you'll catch me using the BrE rules at times.)12br
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10(But some of the AmE rules are stupid in my opinion, 12br
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10Amen to that. But those of us who edit for a living are still stuck using them. 0-
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0Hmm. The Americans have only been spelling it that way for a couple of hundred years, tops. The British spelling has evolved gradually along with its pronunciation from the French - from about a thousand years ago. 02br
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0But then again, there's the expression "blinded by pride" and "Pride goeth before a fall!" 050010id1
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0The word is 'teacher01b00.'02b02br
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00Which is the British version and which, the American version? 02br
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite10The word is 'teacher11b10.'12b12br
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10The word is 'teacher11b10'. 12b12br
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10Which is the British version and which, the American version? 12br
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10Thanks in advance.12br
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0 Thanks, Marius. 0-
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