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Uktous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Which one will native speakers say?

Hi,

Background:
From previous posts, I understand that the following 2 sentences are grammatically correct and have the same meaning.

Question:
In this post, could you please tell which sentence would be said or preferred by a native speaker?

Sentence1:
I solved the problem that the classes were not long enough.
Sentence2:
I solved the problem of the classes not being long enough.

Thanks
  

Top answer

Actually, I don't find #1 correct. Only #2 is okay to my ears.

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  • Actually, I don't find #1 correct.
  • Only #2 is okay to my ears.
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Actually, I don't find #1 correct. Only #2 is okay to my ears.
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Hi,

Could you please tell me why do you think sentence 1 is not correct?

"I solved the problem that the classes were not long enough."
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I + solved + a noun clause

Thanks
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