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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Why is the former ungrammatical
My book that I bought yester day is very interesting. (X)
My book, which I bought yesterday, is very interesting. (O)
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anonymous Why is the former ungrammatical ? My book that I bought yeste rd ay is very interesting. (X) My book, which I bought yesterday, is very interesting.
- anonymous Why is the former ungrammatical ?
- My book that I bought yeste rd ay is very interesting.
- (X) My book, which I bought yesterday, is very interesting.
- (O) My book that I bought yesterday has "my", which is ungrammatical when combined with a relative clause.
- But you can say: The book that I bought yesterday is very interesting .
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anonymousWhy is the former ungrammatical?
My book that I bought yesterday is very interesting. (X)
My book, which I bought yesterday, is very interesting. (O)
My book that I bought yesterday has "my", which is ungrammatical when combined with a relative cla
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