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Mông Lung Linh Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
up with which they have come?
The plan ___ does seem to be feasible.
A. They have come up with.
B. up with which they have come.
C. with that they have come up.
D. that they coming up with.
According to my teacher, the correct answer is A. But I think B is OK too?
A. They have come up with.
B. up with which they have come.
C. with that they have come up.
D. that they coming up with.
According to my teacher, the correct answer is A. But I think B is OK too?
Top answer
Your teacher is right. Although grammatically correct, B is not something a native speaker would say. It’s laughably stilted.
- Your teacher is right.
- Although grammatically correct, B is not something a native speaker would say.
- It’s laughably stilted.
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Your teacher is right. Although grammatically correct, B is not something a native speaker would say. It’s laughably stilted.
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Thank you very much!
By the way, I am thinking of distinguishing between a formal sentence and an unformal sentence by its length (especially in this kind of questions). Is that OK? .__.
By the way, I am thinking of distinguishing between a formal sentence and an unformal sentence by its length (especially in this kind of questions). Is that OK? .__.
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No, that is not a good way to measure formality. Word choice is the key.
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