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Navitasan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Talking about banning
Which are correct:
1) Those are the guns they are talking about banning.
2) Those are the guns about the banning of which they are talking.
3) Those are the guns whose banning they are talking about.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1) Those are the guns they are talking about banning.
2) Those are the guns about the banning of which they are talking.
3) Those are the guns whose banning they are talking about.
Gratefully,
Navi.
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navitasan Which are correct 1 and 3.
- navitasan Which are correct 1 and 3.
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Thank you very much, Mr. Micawber , for all your kind replies,
How about:
1a) These are things they are talking about buying.
3a) These are things whose buying they are talking about.
I have misgivings about '3a'.
Gratefully,
Navi.
How about:
1a) These are things they are talking about buying.
3a) These are things whose buying they are talking about.
I have misgivings about '3a'.
Gratefully,
Navi.
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3a is not something you should ever use.
In your first post, 3 is grammatically correct (your question was about "correct" not "natural") but something no native would ever spontaneously say.
In your first post, 3 is grammatically correct (your question was about "correct" not "natural") but something no native would ever spontaneously say.
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BarbaraPAsomething no native would ever spontaneously say.Or even after thinking about it carefully!
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So many things up with which we would not put, had we, in advance and with enough time, thought about.
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