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Ye Thu Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Sentence Construction
1.The old Hotai Library is well worth seeing because of its walls that are covered with sapphires and wall paintings.
2. The old Hotai Library is well worth seeing because of whose walls that are covered with sapphires and wall paintings.
3. The old Hotai Library is well worth seeing because whose walls are covered with sapphires and wall paintings.
4. The old Hotai Library is well worth seeing becauce its walls are covered with sapphires and wall paintings.
Are these sentences grammatically correct? Thanks in advance.
2. The old Hotai Library is well worth seeing because of whose walls that are covered with sapphires and wall paintings.
3. The old Hotai Library is well worth seeing because whose walls are covered with sapphires and wall paintings.
4. The old Hotai Library is well worth seeing becauce its walls are covered with sapphires and wall paintings.
Are these sentences grammatically correct? Thanks in advance.
Top answer
#1 and #4 are possible (I prefer #4). #2 and #3 won't work.
- #1 and #4 are possible (I prefer #4).
- #2 and #3 won't work.
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Blue Jay #1 and #4 are possible (I prefer #4). #2 and #3 won't work.These sentences are taken from the original passage. "In addition to pagodas and historical sites, the famous Wat Sisaket Temple with its big Buddha image, the old Hotai Library whose walls are covered with sapphires, and wall paintings are well worth seeing." The question is " Why is the old
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The possessive whose almost never follows because/because of, and on the rare occasions when you see it after because of, it is usually in a sentence where because of means as a result of.
I'd like to thank Mrs. Smith, because of whose efforts we met our fundraising goal.
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I'd like to thank Mrs. Smith, because of whose efforts we met our fundraising goal.
When because (of) mea
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