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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

The name of person through whom I met (Mr. John) is Peter.

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01font01b001:02b00 Yesterday, I met Mr. John. The name of person through I met (Mr. John) is Peter.02font02br
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01font01b002:02b00 Yesterday, I met Mr. John. The name of person through whom I met (Mr. John) is Peter.02font0-
  

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02br 00(2) is grammatically OK, but it's awkward and unneccesarily wordy. I would be extremely surprised to hear someone actually use the sentence. 02i 0-

— Yankee

  • 02br 00(2) is grammatically OK, but it's awkward and unneccesarily wordy.
  • I would be extremely surprised to hear someone actually use the sentence.
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0 Hi Jackson02br
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00(1) is wrong.02br
00(2) is grammatically OK, but it's awkward and unneccesarily wordy. I would be extremely surprised to hear someone actually use the sentence. I'd prefer:02br
01i00I met him through Peter.02i0-
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0 00Yesterday, I met Mr. John. The name of the person through whom I met him is Peter.00 0-
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0What if both are new to him?02br
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01i00I met him through Peter02i00 can be 01i00I met him through one Peter.02i02br
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00Maybe he wants to say he met him through a person called Peter.02br
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00Please correct me if I am wrong.0-
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0I see that Yankee has written it as:01blockquote
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11font10I would be extremely surprised to hear someone actually use the sentence.12font12br
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10but I would have written it as:02br
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01font00I would be extremely su
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0 Hi Jackson02br
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00Your version of my sentence (with the word 'using') suggests multiple usages of the sentence. In other words, an on-going, unfinished process of using that sentence. 02br
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00My original sentence (with the word 'use') suggests "ever use". In other words, I would be surprised to hear it even once / I would be surprised to hear
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0Hi,02br
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01font00What if both are new to him?02font02br
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01font01i00I met him through Peter02i00 can be 01i00I met him through one Peter.02i00 02font02br
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01cite10SriSri12cite11font10What if both are new to him?12font12br
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11font11i10I met him through Peter12i10 can be 11i10I met him through one Peter.12i12font12br
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0 Hi Jackson,02br
01font00The name of 01font00the02font00 person through whom I met (Mr. John) is Peter. 00<--- is grammatically ok (apart from the fact that you need the article "the") and makes sense, but it's not idiomatic, that is, nobody would say what you want to say in this way.02br
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0Hi 00Kooyeen,02br
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00You are correct. Though my sentence is grammatically okay, it's not idiomatic, that is, native speakers won't say such a sentence.0-
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0Like others said, the sentence is grammatically correct, but idiomatically speaking02br
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00the 01i00I met him through a person called Peter 02i00is more acceptable.0-
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