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Navitasan Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
We did not know
Which are correct:
1-The writer the number of whose books we did not know started speaking.
2-The writer the number of books written by whom we did not know started speaking.
3-The writer the number of whose books was not known to us started speaking.
4-The writer the number of books written by whom was unknown to us started speaking.
We did not know how many books this one particular writer had written, He started speaking.
Gratefully,
Navi.
1-The writer the number of whose books we did not know started speaking.
2-The writer the number of books written by whom we did not know started speaking.
3-The writer the number of whose books was not known to us started speaking.
4-The writer the number of books written by whom was unknown to us started speaking.
We did not know how many books this one particular writer had written, He started speaking.
Gratefully,
Navi.
Top answer
This is one of those times when you can create a grammatical but entirely unnatural sentence. 1. Says that you did not know the number.
- This is one of those times when you can create a grammatical but entirely unnatural sentence.
- 1.
- Says that you did not know the number.
- Your intended meaning, but awkward!
- " 2.
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This is one of those times when you can create a grammatical but entirely unnatural sentence.
1. Says that you did not know the number. Your intended meaning, but awkward! It would be improved with commas around "the number of whose books we did not know."
2. Says you didn't know who wrote them.
3. Says you were unfamilar with the books
4. Is to just too much of a mess.
1. Says that you did not know the number. Your intended meaning, but awkward! It would be improved with commas around "the number of whose books we did not know."
2. Says you didn't know who wrote them.
3. Says you were unfamilar with the books
4. Is to just too much of a mess.
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I can think of no natural way to express that thought in a single sentence.
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