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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Same two relative pronouns in a sentence

Hi. Please help. Do you think it is OK to use the same two relative pronoun "that" in the following made-up instruction? Also, could we use the phrase "a person" or "a typical person" instead of "one"? As for the questions that are asked, I believe we can write something like "Mom, can I watch TV now?"

Please write four questions that ask for permission that one might ask at home.
  

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” “a person” could replace “one” in this case. I assume you are giving an example of a response to the instruction. It appears to be typical.

— Wilpeter

  • ” “a person” could replace “one” in this case.
  • I assume you are giving an example of a response to the instruction.
  • It appears to be typical.
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“Please write four questions which ask for permission and that one might ask at home.”
“a person” could replace “one” in this case.
I assume you are giving an example of a response to the instruction. It appears to be typical.
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Hi. Is my reasoning for your corrections correct? Using the pronoun "that" twice in the sentence makes it awkward and that's the reason why you changed the first "that" to the pronoun "which" even though the relative clause "that ask for permission" is restrictive. As to the reason why the conjunction "and" is necessary is that I think it makes the sentence clear, although the absence of it wouldn
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My answer was given from a native writer/speaker perspective rather than from a grammar perspective. Your original sentence may very well be acceptable grammatically. My feeling is that (without the 'and') the second 'that' might appear to refer back to 'permission' rather than to 'questions'. Yes, my varying 'which' and 'that' may very well be based more on the sound of the sentence than the g
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