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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Which sentence is correct?

Which sentence is correct?
The computer knows which card is being used from the numbers being punched in.

The computer knows which card is used from the numbers being punched in.

The computer knows which card is used from the numbers punched in.

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These are all grammatically correct English. In typical contexts that I can envisage for this sentence, I would quite probably choose the one combination that you have omitted: The computer knows which card is being used from the numbers (that are) punched in. This sets the tone with the first "being", but doesn't labour the point.

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  • These are all grammatically correct English.
  • In typical contexts that I can envisage for this sentence, I would quite probably choose the one combination that you have omitted: The computer knows which card is being used from the numbers (that are) punched in.
  • This sets the tone with the first "being", but doesn't labour the point.
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These are all grammatically correct English. In typical contexts that I can envisage for this sentence, I would quite probably choose the one combination that you have omitted:

The computer knows which card is being used from the numbers (that are) punched in.

This sets the tone with the first "being", but doesn't labour the point.
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I would say-

The computer knows which card is used from the numbers which are being punched in.
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