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Maple Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

that which VS what

0A In the process of writing them, they are reconnected with 01u00that which02u00 they have lost.02br
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00B In the process of writing them, they are reconnected with 01u00that02u00 they have lost.02br
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00C In the process of writing them, they are reconnected with 01u00what02u00 they have lost.02br
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00All are correct, right? 02br
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00What one is most common? (I guess C. I saw A in 01i00Chicken Soup02i00)02br
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00Thanks for your opinion!0-
  

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0 Hi Maple02br
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00In Helsinki English B is wrong because a preposition (with) can't precede the relative 01i00that02i00. We cannot say: 01i00This is the house in that he lives02i00. Furthermore, 01i00that02i00 does not mean 01i00that which02i00 or 01i00what02i0
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0Hi, CB, nice to read your response.05002br
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00In fact, The reason I put forward this thread of question is largely I'm not sure of/with/about B.02br
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00After reading you two's answers, I still guess B is most likely correct, for the reason that 01i00that02i00 in B is a common pronoun, equals to 01i00the person
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01cite10Maple12cite10After reading you two's answers, I still guess B is most likely correct, for the reason that 11i10that12i10 in B is 11font10a common pronoun12font10, equals to 11i10the person12i10/11i10the one.12i10 11
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01cite10Cool Breeze12cite10Hi Maple12br
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10There is no such grammatical category as 'common pronouns'. You are free to think what you please, I stand by what I wrote.12br
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00Hi, CB02br
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00I invented the phrase 'common
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0 I think Clive may have read those choices too fast. B is clearly wrong, and C is most usual.02br
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00 CJ0-
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0Hi, Jim02br
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00Thanks for noticing this thread. [C]02br
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00I still have puzzles.02br
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00Could I take the following as the same pattern?02br
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00* She followed the calling of 01u00that02u00 she loved. (I found this one in American Heritage Dict.)02br
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0* She followed the calling of 01u00that02u00 she loved. 01font00Utterly and completely wrong, unless this is some centuries-old pattern resurrected just as an illustration of ancient usage.02font00 (I found this one in American Heritage Dict.) 01font00I am surprised and 01font
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01cite10CalifJim12cite12br
10 (I found this one in American Heritage Dict.) 11font10I am surprised and 11font10shocked12font10 to hear that. 12font11font15112font11font10 I'
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