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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Did you know that on average we take home 150 plastic bags annually? In other words, that means a global figure of one million plastic bags ____ home every minute.
1) are taken
2) which are taken
To me, there are two different interpretations. In other words, both #1 and #2 are correct.
#1: A verb to complete the sentence. It was: That means [that] 1 million bags ARE taken home every minute.
#2: A usage of relative clause, defining bags.
What do you think?
1) are taken
2) which are taken
To me, there are two different interpretations. In other words, both #1 and #2 are correct.
#1: A verb to complete the sentence. It was: That means [that] 1 million bags ARE taken home every minute.
#2: A usage of relative clause, defining bags.
What do you think?
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Anonymous What do you think? a global figure of one million plastic bags (which are) taken home every minute...
- Anonymous What do you think?
- a global figure of one million plastic bags (which are) taken home every minute...
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AnonymousWhat do you think?I think they are essentially the same, a finite and a non-finite clause:
...a global figure of one million plastic bags (which are) taken home every minute...
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Do you agree with my first interpretation? The ellipsis of "that" and "are":
That means [that] 1 million bags [are] taken home every minute.
That means [that] 1 million bags [are] taken home every minute.
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Yes, but I think in the following we don't have an adjectival phrase any more.
That means [that] 1 million bags [are] taken home every minute.
That means [that] 1 million bags [are] taken home every minute.
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