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Jasonkhlim Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

What is the difference?

''Technology has changed the way of many business sell products''

''Technology has changed the way that many business sell products''

''Technology has changed the way many business sell products''

What is the differences?

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The first one is wrong. The second two would be correct if you changed "business" to "business es " and added full stops. There is no difference in meaning.

  • The first one is wrong.
  • The second two would be correct if you changed "business" to "business es " and added full stops.
  • There is no difference in meaning.
  • It is a case where the word "that" is optional.
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The first one is wrong.

The second two would be correct if you changed "business" to "businesses" and added full stops. There is no difference in meaning. It is a case where the word "that" is optional.
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GPYThe first one is wrong.The second two would be correct if you changed "business" to "businesses" and added full stops. There is no difference in meaning. It is a case where the word "that" is optional.
Hi, GPY. Are the second and third a noun clause? In what situation do we use of?
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jasonkhlimAre the second and third a noun clause?
Not in the sense that the term is normally used.
jasonkhlim In what situation do we use of?
"of" is a very common word with a very large number of uses. I couldn't begin to answer that question without hugely narrowing down the scope. For example, do you specifica
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GPY jasonkhlimAre the second and third a noun clause?Not in the sense that the term is normally used.jasonkhlim In what situation do we use of?"of" is a very common word with a very large number of uses. I couldn't begin to answer that question without hugely narrowing down the scope. For example, do you specifically mean when do we use "the way of ..."?
Ya. I
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jasonkhlimYa. I mean the way of.
"the way of" is never used to mean "the way that" or "the way in which". The words "the way of" can appear together in a variety of other contexts. For examples, see http://fraze.it/n_search.jsp?hardm=1&t=0&l=0&p=1&q=the+
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''I've decided to give you half my earnings from the sale.''

''I've decided to give you half of my earnings from the sale.''

what about these sentences?
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jasonkhlim''I've decided to give you half my earnings from the sale.''''I've decided to give you half of my earnings from the sale.''what about these sentences?
These are both OK.
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jasonkhlim''I've decided to give you half my earnings from the sale.''''I've decided to give you half of my earnings from the sale.''
These sentences are unrelated to those that came before in this thread. Therefore, you should start a new thread.

Please start a new thread for each new topic. Thanks.

CJ

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