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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
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the reason why

This is one of the reasons I never feel alone in my library.
= 1. This is one of the reasons why I never feel alone in my library.
=x 2. This is one of why I never feel alone in my library.

#2 is simply ungrammatical, isn't it?
  

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moon7296 #2 is simply ungrammatical, isn't it? You are right, and some grammarians frown on #1 as containing a redundancy. These are unassailable: This is one of the reasons I never feel alone in my library.

  • moon7296 #2 is simply ungrammatical, isn't it?
  • You are right, and some grammarians frown on #1 as containing a redundancy.
  • These are unassailable: This is one of the reasons I never feel alone in my library.
  • This is one of the reasons that I never feel alone in my library.
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moon7296#2 is simply ungrammatical, isn't it?
You are right, and some grammarians frown on #1 as containing a redundancy. These are unassailable:

This is one of the reasons I never feel alone in my library.
This is one of the reasons that I never feel alone in my library.

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