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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Relative word?

Hi
I doubt if a relative word is needed before the underlined:
I think the professors must focus on their students participation in class rather than their grades on the exam day, because it can't show the real knowledge they get from the course.
Thanks in advance
  

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I think the professors must focus on their students ' participation in class rather than their grades on the exam day, because it they can't show the real knowledge they get from the course. You are correct; the relative word is omissible here. It is omissible because it functions as object of "get" ("they get real knowledge"), and the rule is that a relative word can usually be omitted provided it's not the subject of the clause.

— BillJ

  • I think the professors must focus on their students ' participation in class rather than their grades on the exam day, because it they can't show the real knowledge they get from the course.
  • You are correct; the relative word is omissible here.
  • It is omissible because it functions as object of "get" ("they get real knowledge"), and the rule is that a relative word can usually be omitted provided it's not the subject of the clause.
  • BillJ
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I think the professors must focus on their students' participation in class rather than their grades on the exam day, because it they can't show the real knowledge they get from the course.

You are correct; the relative word is omissible here. It is omissible because it fun
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