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Rommel Posted 11 years ago
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Should I omit the expression ‘which is’ in the following sentence to make it shorter?
To identify themselves as American citizens, they must use the English language which is not too difficult to understand.
To identify themselves as American citizens, they must use the English language which is not too difficult to understand.
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No, if you do that the sentence will become ungrammatical: * To identify themselves as American citizens, they must use the English language not too difficult to understand. You must link the AdjP "not too difficult to understand" to the NP it's modifying. To do that requires a relative clause using the relative pronoun "which" (or the subordinator "that") as the relativised word linked to the NP antecedent "English language": To identify themselves as American citizens, they must use the English language [which/that is not too difficult to understand ] .
- No, if you do that the sentence will become ungrammatical: * To identify themselves as American citizens, they must use the English language not too difficult to understand.
- You must link the AdjP "not too difficult to understand" to the NP it's modifying.
- To do that requires a relative clause using the relative pronoun "which" (or the subordinator "that") as the relativised word linked to the NP antecedent "English language": To identify themselves as American citizens, they must use the English language [which/that is not too difficult to understand ] .
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No, if you do that the sentence will become ungrammatical:
*To identify themselves as American citizens, they must use the English language not too difficult to understand.
You must link the AdjP "not too difficult to understand" to the NP it's modifying. To do that requires a relative clause using the relative pronoun "which" (or the subordinator "that") as the relativis
*To identify themselves as American citizens, they must use the English language not too difficult to understand.
You must link the AdjP "not too difficult to understand" to the NP it's modifying. To do that requires a relative clause using the relative pronoun "which" (or the subordinator "that") as the relativis
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