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Seagull Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

student who studies law

Regarding the three sentences below:

(A) Not every student who studies law cannot become a lawyer.
(B) Not every student studying law cannot become a lawyer.
(C) Not every student to study law cannot become a lawyer.

Q1 Are they all fine?
Q2 Which sounds most natural to native speakers?
  

Top answer

As a native speaker, I don't like any of the sentences. The problematic part has to do with the negative subject and the negative verb. However, the question seems to be about the words that modify or describe the subject.

— Englishmaven

  • As a native speaker, I don't like any of the sentences.
  • The problematic part has to do with the negative subject and the negative verb.
  • However, the question seems to be about the words that modify or describe the subject.
  • I will address that matter, but the sentences will still sound unnatural because of the negative subject and verb.
  • Sentence A is the best sentence.
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As a native speaker, I don't like any of the sentences. They are very unnatural..The problematic part has to do with the negative subject and the negative verb. However, the question seems to be about the words that modify or describe the subject. I will address that matter, but the sentences will still sound unnatural because of the negative subject and verb.

Sentence A is the best sente
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Thank you so much, Englishmaven, for your comment and answer.

I'm sorry for my poor sentences. I meant to say like these:

(A) Not every student who studies law can become a lawyer.
(B) Not every student studying law can become a lawyer.
(C) Not every student to study law can become a lawyer.

Can we say that (A) is the best choice, as you mentioned earlier? Als
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