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Bacteriatastic Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

This just doesn't sound right to me...

"More than a month has passed since the tragedy, in which a student [did something tragic at a school], occurred."

I feel like the 'in which' should be omitted altogether and replaced with 'involving' or something else; does it sound right to you guys?
  

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bacteriatastic does it sound right to you guys? Yes. And a construction with "involving" would probably also sound right.

— CalifJim

  • bacteriatastic does it sound right to you guys?
  • Yes.
  • And a construction with "involving" would probably also sound right.
  • CJ
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bacteriatasticdoes it sound right to you guys?
Yes. And a construction with "involving" would probably also sound right.

CJ
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Thanks for the response, but can I trouble you by asking why 'in which' works?
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bacteriatasticThanks for the response, but can I trouble you by asking why 'in which' works?
Hmmm. Strange question. Suppose I say to you, "The sentence below sounds wrong to me. Can you explain why it works?"

The dog was lying on the floor.

How would you even approach such a question?

It's much easier to explain why things
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