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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Those who

Hi,

Can we say 'those that' instead of 'those who'? He punished those that had sinned.

2) is 'shoot' used as a transitive verb to mean propel? It would shoot him to popularity.

3) It was old wine in new bottle. Is it also okay to add article? It was an old wine in a new bottle.

4) X might have helped him in ways Y never had/could. (are had and could both okay here?)

Regards,
  

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1) Can we say 'those that' instead of 'those who'? -- Interesting question. Theoretically, yes, but I think 'those who' is so closely collocated that 'those that' sounds strange to me.

— Mister Micawber

  • 1) Can we say 'those that' instead of 'those who'?
  • -- Interesting question.
  • Theoretically, yes, but I think 'those who' is so closely collocated that 'those that' sounds strange to me.
  • -- Yes 3) It was old wine in new bottle.
  • Is it also okay to add article?
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1) Can we say 'those that' instead of 'those who'? He punished those that had sinned.-- Interesting question. Theoretically, yes, but I think 'those who' is so closely collocated that 'those that' sounds strange to me.

2) is 'shoot' used as a transitive verb to mean propel?.-- Yes

3) It was old wine in new bottle. Is it also okay to add article? It was an old wine
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Thanks, but isn't wine noncount? Will an article 'an old wine' be okay, then?
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Wine can be countable: there are many wines: white wines, red wines, old wines, nouveau wines. I had a fine old cabernet sauvignon with dinner last night.
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Mister MicawberWine can be countable:
Oh thanks for clearing that up. But does it function as both noncount and count? Or, is it always count?
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I said it 'can be countable'. That means that it needn't be.
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