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Takehisa Tanaka Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Who is the antecedent of "who"?
Who is the antecedent of "who"?
This is an excerpt from Preface of my English grammar book:
"Some few have even undertaken the heavy task of giving a detailed critique of the entire book in such an earlier draft. For their searching work to this degree, we are especially indebted to Jhon Algeo, R A Close, and Robert de Baugrande, who between them produced hundreds of pages of invaluable comments. But we are grateful also to W N Francis and Bengt Jacobsson, who game comparably generous and skilled attention to large parts of the book."
I'm wondering who is the antecedent of "who" in "who between them"?
Robert de Baugrande?
And if I want to refer to three of them, how can I write it?
Could you tell me, please?
This is an excerpt from Preface of my English grammar book:
"Some few have even undertaken the heavy task of giving a detailed critique of the entire book in such an earlier draft. For their searching work to this degree, we are especially indebted to Jhon Algeo, R A Close, and Robert de Baugrande, who between them produced hundreds of pages of invaluable comments. But we are grateful also to W N Francis and Bengt Jacobsson, who game comparably generous and skilled attention to large parts of the book."
I'm wondering who is the antecedent of "who" in "who between them"?
Robert de Baugrande?
And if I want to refer to three of them, how can I write it?
Could you tell me, please?
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we are especially indebted to Jhon Algeo , R A Close , and Robert de Baugrande , who ( all three ) between them produced hundreds of pages of invaluable comments. we are grateful also to W N Francis and Bengt Jacobsson , who ( both ) ga v e comparably generous and skilled attention to large parts of the book. CJ
- we are especially indebted to Jhon Algeo , R A Close , and Robert de Baugrande , who ( all three ) between them produced hundreds of pages of invaluable comments.
- we are grateful also to W N Francis and Bengt Jacobsson , who ( both ) ga v e comparably generous and skilled attention to large parts of the book.
- CJ
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we are especially indebted to Jhon Algeo, R A Close, and Robert de Baugrande, who (all three) between them produced hundreds of pages of invaluable comments.
we are grateful also to W N Francis and Bengt Jacobsson, who (both) gave comparably generous and skilled attention to la
we are grateful also to W N Francis and Bengt Jacobsson, who (both) gave comparably generous and skilled attention to la
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Thanks.
So, in the first sentence, does that mean this?
"They all three produced hundreds of pages of invaluable comments collectively."
So, in the first sentence, does that mean this?
"They all three produced hundreds of pages of invaluable comments collectively."
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Takehisa TanakaThanks.So, in the first sentence, does that mean this?"They all three produced hundreds of pages of invaluable comments collectively."Not exactly. It says that if you add up all the pages that each produced, you'll get hundreds of pages.
CJ
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