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Azz Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Which they denied

Can one say
a. We asked them why they were making noise, which they denied.
a. We asked them why they were making so much noise, which they denied.
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They denied that they were making noise.

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This wording does not seem completely logical to me. I would suggest this: We asked them why they were making so much noise, but they denied that they were.

  • This wording does not seem completely logical to me.
  • I would suggest this: We asked them why they were making so much noise, but they denied that they were.
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This wording does not seem completely logical to me. I would suggest this:

We asked them why they were making so much noise, but they denied that they were.

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