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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
who was / is tall
CAn I say,
(a) When the guard was going (out) to take a lunch break, the two masked men, who is / was tall and mascular, dashed
into the shop.
(b) When the guard was going (out) to take a lunch break, the two masked men who is tall and mascular dashed
into the shop.
(a) When the guard was going (out) to take a lunch break, the two masked men, who is / was tall and mascular, dashed
into the shop.
(b) When the guard was going (out) to take a lunch break, the two masked men who is tall and mascular dashed
into the shop.
Top answer
" a) This provides additional information about the masked men, who were tall and m u scular. b) This sounds like there were more than two masked men, but the two who were tall and muscular dashed in. (Perhaps the others, who were short and skinny, stayed outside in the car.
- " a) This provides additional information about the masked men, who were tall and m u scular.
- b) This sounds like there were more than two masked men, but the two who were tall and muscular dashed in.
- (Perhaps the others, who were short and skinny, stayed outside in the car.
- )
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With two men, you must use "are" instead of "is" or "were" instead of "was."
a) This provides additional information about the masked men, who were tall and muscular.
b) This sounds like there were more than two masked men, but the two who were tall and muscular dashed in. (Perhaps the others, who were short and skinny, stayed outside in the car. Maybe a good song was on t
a) This provides additional information about the masked men, who were tall and muscular.
b) This sounds like there were more than two masked men, but the two who were tall and muscular dashed in. (Perhaps the others, who were short and skinny, stayed outside in the car. Maybe a good song was on t
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Is that a correct to say,
(a) When the guard was going (out) to take a lunch break, the two masked men, who were tall and mascular, dashed into the shop.
So, if I mean only two masked men, is that correct way to say as the sentence above? (with comma)
Thanks.
(a) When the guard was going (out) to take a lunch break, the two masked men, who were tall and mascular, dashed into the shop.
So, if I mean only two masked men, is that correct way to say as the sentence above? (with comma)
Thanks.
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