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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Word order and choice of words (and maybe more)
Hi, somehow the following sentence sounds awkward to me - or is it natural and correct?
"In which rooms are the things located?" Thx!
"In which rooms are the things located?" Thx!
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Yes, that is correct. Let's say the things are printers you could say: In which rooms are the printers located? This is formal wording for such a questions and you'd do better and sound more natural to say: Which rooms have the printers?
- Yes, that is correct.
- Let's say the things are printers you could say: In which rooms are the printers located?
- This is formal wording for such a questions and you'd do better and sound more natural to say: Which rooms have the printers?
- Sometimes formal speach results from the effort of trying not to end a sentence with a preposition.
- I think the idea is silly and lots of people happily end sentences in that way, with a preposition.
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Yes, that is correct. Let's say the things are printers you could say:
In which rooms are the printers located?
This is formal wording for such a questions and you'd do better and sound more natural to say:
Which rooms have the printers?
Sometimes formal speach results from the effort of trying not to end a sentence with a preposition. I think the
In which rooms are the printers located?
This is formal wording for such a questions and you'd do better and sound more natural to say:
Which rooms have the printers?
Sometimes formal speach results from the effort of trying not to end a sentence with a preposition. I think the
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