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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Which is correct?

"I cannot answer the question __________ you say is very difficult.
A. who B. which C. what D. whom
Which answer is correct?"
Hello!!! We are teachers but cannot decide which is correct. one says "which" is correct, another says "if we adds a stop mark after "the question", "what" will be correct. So who is right? Or none is correct?
Is "I cannot answer the question which you say is very difficult" a double relative clause?
Is "What you say is very difficult." a noun clause? Is the sentence correct in English grammar?
Experts, please give me the answer soon. Thanks a lot.
  

Top answer

There is no stop after 'question', so 'which' is right. -- No, I only see one. " a noun clause?

  • There is no stop after 'question', so 'which' is right.
  • -- No, I only see one.
  • " a noun clause?
  • - No, it is a sentence.
  • 'What you say' is a noun clause, though.
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There is no stop after 'question', so 'which' is right.
Is "I cannot answer the question which you say is very difficult" a double relative clause?-- No, I only see one.
Is "What you say is very difficult." a noun clause?- No, it is a sentence. 'What you say' is a noun clause, though.
Is the sentence correct in English grammar?-- It needs a comma before 'which', real
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Thank you.
"I cannot answer the question. You say the question. It is very difficult."
Here I have 3 sentences, after combining I have " I cannot answer the question which you say is very difficult."
I mean double relative here, is it right?
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I cannot answer the question which you say is very difficult. -- There is only one relative clause here; I have underlined it.

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