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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Which of these sentences is grammatically correct and why?
1) Electricals 4 Africa is a non profit making organisation who refurbishes your unwanted electricals and distributes them to developing communities across Africa.
2) Electricals 4 Africa is a non profit making organisation who refurbish your unwanted electricals and distribute them to developing communities across Africa.
3) Electricals 4 Africa is a non profit making organisation refurbishing your unwanted electricals and distributing them to developing communities across Africa.
I really appreciate your help with this as it is driving me mad!
Peter
2) Electricals 4 Africa is a non profit making organisation who refurbish your unwanted electricals and distribute them to developing communities across Africa.
3) Electricals 4 Africa is a non profit making organisation refurbishing your unwanted electricals and distributing them to developing communities across Africa.
I really appreciate your help with this as it is driving me mad!
Peter
Top answer
None of them. Electricals 4 Africa is a non-profit organisation that refurbishes your unwanted electrical appliances and distributes them to developing communities across Africa.
- None of them.
- Electricals 4 Africa is a non-profit organisation that refurbishes your unwanted electrical appliances and distributes them to developing communities across Africa.
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None of them.
Electricals 4 Africa is a non-profit organisation that refurbishes your unwanted electrical appliances and distributes them to developing communities across Africa.
Electricals 4 Africa is a non-profit organisation that refurbishes your unwanted electrical appliances and distributes them to developing communities across Africa.
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Hi,
'Non profit making' should have hyphens, but the common adjective is simply 'non-profit'.
I haven't seen the word 'electricals' used like this. I usually see eg 'electrical devices', eg 'electrical appliances'.
1) Electricals 4 Africa is a non profit making organisation who refurbishes
'Non profit making' should have hyphens, but the common adjective is simply 'non-profit'.
I haven't seen the word 'electricals' used like this. I usually see eg 'electrical devices', eg 'electrical appliances'.
1) Electricals 4 Africa is a non profit making organisation who refurbishes
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Clive I see what you mean about needing the plural verb refurbish. So if I use ‘who’ with ‘refurbish’ would I need to change ‘distributes’ to ‘distribute’? If so why?
You also state that:
“in a context like this, where there is no other mention of the people, I suggest 'which' is more natural than 'who'.”
The rest of the article talks about
You also state that:
“in a context like this, where there is no other mention of the people, I suggest 'which' is more natural than 'who'.”
The rest of the article talks about
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Hi,
Clive I see what you mean about needing the plural verb refurbish. So if I use ‘who' with ‘refurbish' would I need to change ‘distributes' to ‘distribute'? Yes
If so why? Because it has the same subject as 'refurbish'.
Clive I see what you mean about needing the plural verb refurbish. So if I use ‘who' with ‘refurbish' would I need to change ‘distributes' to ‘distribute'? Yes
If so why? Because it has the same subject as 'refurbish'.
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