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Anewcomer Posted 18 years ago
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00Are these sentences correct?02br
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01font00There are people in the room waiting02font00 ( rather than 01font00"There are people 01u01i00who02i02u00 are in the room waiting"02font00, which i thought to be a little bit clumsy)02br
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01font00There are people from another group who don't like us02font00 ( rather than 01font00"There are people01u01i00 who02i02u00 are from another group who don't like us02font00", this sounds odd)02br
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0You're okay with leaving out the who, but "in the room waiting" sounds odd. At first I thought you meant there were people in the waiting room. Try There are people waiting in the room.

— BarbaraPA

  • 0You're okay with leaving out the who, but "in the room waiting" sounds odd.
  • At first I thought you meant there were people in the waiting room.
  • Try There are people waiting in the room.
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0You're okay with leaving out the who, but "in the room waiting" sounds odd. At first I thought you meant there were people in the waiting room. Try There are people waiting in the room. (And I assume your reader knows which room.)0-
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