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Fireflysaigon Posted 16 years ago
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The old lady who...
What is the differences between "The old lady who was injured in the accident is now in hospital" and "The old lady who is now in hospital was injured in the accident". I think the second one is absolutely wrong. Am I right?
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Hi firefly, It's not absolutely wrong, but it would require some special circumstances. Perhaps (although unlikely) you and I were talking about two old ladies who had both been in the hospital. One was there because of an accident and one for breast augmentation surgery.
- Hi firefly, It's not absolutely wrong, but it would require some special circumstances.
- Perhaps (although unlikely) you and I were talking about two old ladies who had both been in the hospital.
- One was there because of an accident and one for breast augmentation surgery.
- One has gone home now.
- I can't remember which was which.
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Hi firefly,
It's not absolutely wrong, but it would require some special circumstances. Perhaps (although unlikely) you and I were talking about two old ladies who had both been in the hospital. One was there because of an accident and one for breast augmentation surgery. One has gone home now. I can't remember which was which. The one now in the hospital was the one injured in the accident.
It's not absolutely wrong, but it would require some special circumstances. Perhaps (although unlikely) you and I were talking about two old ladies who had both been in the hospital. One was there because of an accident and one for breast augmentation surgery. One has gone home now. I can't remember which was which. The one now in the hospital was the one injured in the accident.
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I think both sentences are grammatically correct, but they have different information to tell.
1. "The old lady who was injured in the accident is now in hospital" is used to give the information about her current position, which is in a hospital.
2. "The old lady who is now in hospital was injured in the accident" is used to give the information about what happened to her, that mad
1. "The old lady who was injured in the accident is now in hospital" is used to give the information about her current position, which is in a hospital.
2. "The old lady who is now in hospital was injured in the accident" is used to give the information about what happened to her, that mad
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