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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Sentence structure Jul 31

Hi teachers,

Would you please correct the sentences for me, and explain the mistakes? Thanks.

1. Mary called me about a friend's passing away / death, who was very nice to me when were in college.

2. He was a father to / of a 2-year-old, whose mother is a teacher.

Thank you.

Tinanam
  

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Hi, Would you please correct the sentences for me, and explain the mistakes? Thanks. 1.

— Clive

  • Hi, Would you please correct the sentences for me, and explain the mistakes?
  • Thanks.
  • 1.
  • Mary called me about a friend's passing away / death, who was very nice to me when we were in college.
  • It's better if the subordinate clause is close to what it describes.
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Hi,

Would you please correct the sentences for me, and explain the mistakes? Thanks.

1. Mary called me about a friend's passing away / death, who was very nice to me when we were in college.

It's better if the subordinate clause is close to what it describes.

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Hi Clive,

Thanks for your help.

John was a father of a 2-year-old, whose mother is a teacher.

In #2. I don't know how to construct this sentence because John is dead, but "she" isn't. "She" is John's wife. Would the use of "whose" in the sentence give a wrong impression that it actually refers to "John's mother" and not "the 2-year-old'mother"? I don't know how to sa
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Hi,

John was a father of a 2-year-old, whose mother is a teacher.

In #2. I don't know how to construct this sentence because John is dead, but "she" isn't.

Your sentence is not wrong, because it gave me the correct understanding.

"She" is John's wife.

Would the use of "whose" in
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Hi Clive,

Thanks for your help. I have yet another question.

She is a great daughter of John / John's.

You are a good son of your father / father's.

I think the answer is "John and father". Is it correct?

Thanks

Tinanam
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Hi Clive,

Thanks for your help. I have yet another question.

She is a great daughter of John / John's.

You are a good son of your father / father's.

I think the answer is "John and father". Is it correct?

Thanks

Tinanam
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Hi,

They are all OK. The apostophe ess versions seem more informal and casual.

Clive
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