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Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

which is/was/has been named

0Ron has a cat named Chicken.02br
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00(A) Ron has a cat which is named Chicken. 02br
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00(B) Ron has a cat which was named Chicken.02br
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00(C) Ron has a cat which has been named Chicken.0-
  

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0A, B, and C.02br
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00Chicken is the name of the cat.02br
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00B carries the additional focus on the earlier event of naming, but basically they are all the same.0-
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0 01b01font00I was visiting a friend for the first time, and she called "Here, kitty, kitty, here, kitty". In came a Great Dane!02font02b00 0-
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0 How humiliating for the dog! My mother had a childhood friend whose dog was named "Boy." Here, Boy! 0-
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01cite10Teo12cite10Ron has a cat named Chicken.12br
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10What does the above sentence mean?12br
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10(A) Ron has a cat which is named Chicken. 12br
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10(B) Ron has a cat which was named Chicken.12br
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10(C) Ron has a cat which has been named Chicken
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0 B is ambiguous as the cat may no longer be named Chicken.0-
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0We named the cat Chicken. > The cat was named chicken.02br
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00We name the cat Chicken. > The cat is named Chicken.02br
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00We have named the cat Chicken. > The cat has been named Chicken.0-
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(B) Ron has a cat which was named Chicken.

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