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Shaffa2 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Relatives: Which
Is there a way to say that a thing has a certain quality?
Compare:
1) She is the girl whose bike was stolen.
2) That is a bike which (??) wheel is bent.
The actual sentence I had problems with was:
* In 1999 168 ships that were registered to people from the European Union sailed under so-called ‘flags of convenience’, which countries do not control fishing activities at all.
Is this sentence correct? If not, isn't there a better sollution for this than replacing "countries" by the wordy "belong to countries that"? Or am I just putting to much information in one sentence?
Thank you.
Compare:
1) She is the girl whose bike was stolen.
2) That is a bike which (??) wheel is bent.
The actual sentence I had problems with was:
* In 1999 168 ships that were registered to people from the European Union sailed under so-called ‘flags of convenience’, which countries do not control fishing activities at all.
Is this sentence correct? If not, isn't there a better sollution for this than replacing "countries" by the wordy "belong to countries that"? Or am I just putting to much information in one sentence?
Thank you.
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Hello I'm also an English learner, and so I am not sure about my answers. ) wheel is bent. I would say either: That is a bike the wheel of which is bent.
- Hello I'm also an English learner, and so I am not sure about my answers.
- ) wheel is bent.
- I would say either: That is a bike the wheel of which is bent.
- That is a bike whose wheel is bent.
- In 1999, 168 ships that were registered to people from the European Union sailed under so-called ‘flags of convenience’, which countries do not control fishing activities at all.
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Hello
I'm also an English learner, and so I am not sure about my answers. But please allow me to try
I would say either:
That is a bike the wheel of which is bent.
That is a bike whose wheel is bent.
I'm also an English learner, and so I am not sure about my answers. But please allow me to try
2) That is a bike which (??) wheel is bent.
I would say either:
That is a bike the wheel of which is bent.
That is a bike whose wheel is bent.
In 1999, 168 ships that were registered to people from the European Union sailed und
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"whose" is OK with an inanimate.
"That is a bike whose wheel is bent."
Also, as mentioned above, "That is a bike the wheel of which is bent".
More idiomatically, "That's a bike with a bent wheel".
Even better, "That bike has a bent wheel".
The problem sentence you quoted was a problem for me, too.
"In 1999 ... 'flags of convenience', whose
"That is a bike whose wheel is bent."
Also, as mentioned above, "That is a bike the wheel of which is bent".
More idiomatically, "That's a bike with a bent wheel".
Even better, "That bike has a bent wheel".
The problem sentence you quoted was a problem for me, too.
"In 1999 ... 'flags of convenience', whose
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Thank you, both.
I knew that you couldn't use 'who' for inanimates, so I thought that wasn't possible either.
I think CJ understood my sentence best and I think your sollutions are quite good. Although your second paraphrase is a bit too long (as I have to watch the number of words), I do wonder if it is really 'that is' when I omit 'under'. Alternatively, shouldn't it be 'th
I knew that you couldn't use 'who' for inanimates, so I thought that wasn't possible either.
I think CJ understood my sentence best and I think your sollutions are quite good. Although your second paraphrase is a bit too long (as I have to watch the number of words), I do wonder if it is really 'that is' when I omit 'under'. Alternatively, shouldn't it be 'th
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The "that" is "that is" does not refer to the flags, but to the entire idea which precedes. "that is" is short for "that is to say" or "in other words". Sometimes the Latin abbreviation for "id est" ("that is")( i.e.) is used instead. I would avoid "i.e." in most cases, however, purely for stylistic reasons.
"... ships that were registered to people from the European Union sailed und
"... ships that were registered to people from the European Union sailed und
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