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When the four youths went back to their homes that they had left three years before, they became proficient in their respective subjects.
I'd like to know if the above sentence is grammatically correct. Thanks in advance.
I'd like to know if the above sentence is grammatically correct. Thanks in advance.
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I would personally change "their" to "the". This is because "that they had left three years before" is presented as a defining clause, yet "their" already seems to (grammatically) determine which homes are meant. ".
- I would personally change "their" to "the".
- This is because "that they had left three years before" is presented as a defining clause, yet "their" already seems to (grammatically) determine which homes are meant.
- ".
- This is quite a fussy point.
- Otherwise the sentence is OK.
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I would personally change "their" to "the". This is because "that they had left three years before" is presented as a defining clause, yet "their" already seems to (grammatically) determine which homes are meant. The other option would be to make it a non-defining clause: "When the four youths went back to their homes, which they had left three years before, ...". This is quite a fussy poin
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