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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Which sounds great, right?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/28/new-years-resolutions-keep_n_1173253.html
It's almost the New Year -- the time to reflect on your aspirations and set meaningful goals to improve your health and happiness. Which sounds great, right? But how many of us actually keep our New Year's resolutions past January?
May I ask why it's correct to say Which, not "It"?
It's almost the New Year -- the time to reflect on your aspirations and set meaningful goals to improve your health and happiness. Which sounds great, right? But how many of us actually keep our New Year's resolutions past January?
May I ask why it's correct to say Which, not "It"?
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' as a separate sentence is not correct grammar. It is casual, colloquial English. To make 'which' correct, the clause needs to be joined to the previous sentence.
- ' as a separate sentence is not correct grammar.
- It is casual, colloquial English.
- To make 'which' correct, the clause needs to be joined to the previous sentence.
- The correct grammar as a separate sentence would be eg 'it', or perhaps better, 'this' or 'that'.
- Clive
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Hi,
Using 'which sounds great, right?' as a separate sentence is not correct grammar. It is casual, colloquial English.
To make 'which' correct, the clause needs to be joined to the previous sentence.
The correct grammar as a separate s
Using 'which sounds great, right?' as a separate sentence is not correct grammar. It is casual, colloquial English.
To make 'which' correct, the clause needs to be joined to the previous sentence.
The correct grammar as a separate s
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Thank you, Clive.Clive wrote: To make 'which' correct, the clause needs to be joined to the previous sentence.
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Hi,
It's almost the New Year -- the time to reflect on your aspirations and set meaningful goals to improve your health and happiness, which sounds great, right?
Clive
It's almost the New Year -- the time to reflect on your aspirations and set meaningful goals to improve your health and happiness, which sounds great, right?
Clive
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Thank you, Clive. The "which" here means reflecting on your aspirations and setting meaningful goals to improve your health and happiness, doesn't it?
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The original sentence is entire okay. In fact, it could even have been something like: "Great, right?" In actual real world writing you often see "incomplete" sentences like this.
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