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Big dream Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
The story that/which she killed her brother is not true.
Hi,
In order to distinguish between apposite noun clauses and relative clause, I use the following rule.
'That' of the appositive clause cannot be substituted by 'which' unlike 'that' of the relative clause.
Ex 1. The story that she killed her brother is not true.( appositive)
=The story is that she killed her brother and the story is not true.
2.The story that she told her brother is not true.(relative clause )
=The story which she told her brother is not true.
Am I right?
Thanks a lot.
In order to distinguish between apposite noun clauses and relative clause, I use the following rule.
'That' of the appositive clause cannot be substituted by 'which' unlike 'that' of the relative clause.
Ex 1. The story that she killed her brother is not true.( appositive)
=The story is that she killed her brother and the story is not true.
2.The story that she told her brother is not true.(relative clause )
=The story which she told her brother is not true.
Am I right?
Thanks a lot.
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big dream Am I right? Yes, in general. Nevertheless, there are sometimes alternate interpretations that we don't always think about, and these may change your mind.
- big dream Am I right?
- Yes, in general.
- Nevertheless, there are sometimes alternate interpretations that we don't always think about, and these may change your mind.
- Context should be taken into account.
- Consider: She charged $10,000 on her brother's credit card without telling him about it.
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big dreamAm I right?Yes, in general.
Nevertheless, there are sometimes alternate interpretations that we don't always think about, and these may change your mind. Context should be taken into account. Consider:
She charged $10,000 on her brother's credit card without telling him about it.
Even so, she kept telling ever
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