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Lucas21c Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Simple sentence

I extracted sentence A from CNN news script, but I think it is wrong because it is missing a relative pronoun between 'explosion' and 'claimed,' and so I corrected it like sentence B and C.
Could you check whether sentence A is wrong or not?
And how about sentence B and C?
Thank you.

A. This Friday, we show you how the town of West, Texas is rebuilding, one year after an enormous explosion claimed lives and homes.

B. This Friday, we show you how the town of West, Texas is rebuilding, one year after an enormous explosion having claimed lives and homes.

C. This Friday, we show you how the town of West, Texas is rebuiding, one year after an enormous explosion which claimed lives and homes.
  

Top answer

lucas21c Could you check whether sentence A is wrong or not? It’s not wrong: an explosion claimed lives and homes is a declarative clause. lucas21c And how about sentence B and C?

— RandomGuy

  • lucas21c Could you check whether sentence A is wrong or not?
  • It’s not wrong: an explosion claimed lives and homes is a declarative clause.
  • lucas21c And how about sentence B and C?
  • B is wrong.
  • C is OK.
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lucas21cCould you check whether sentence A is wrong or not?
It’s not wrong: an explosion claimed lives and homes is a declarative clause.
lucas21cAnd how about sentence B and C?
B is wrong. C is OK.
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I got it now. I just mistook 'after' for a preposition, but it is a conjuction.
Thank you.
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