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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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I saw the girl in the street who is as beautiful as Marilyn Monroe.
Can I rewrite the sentence like the following?
I saw the girl in the street as beautiful as Marilyn Monroe.
Thanks in advance.
  

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The original is wrong. These are OK: I saw a girl in the street who was as beautiful as Marilyn Monroe. I saw a girl in the street as beautiful as Marilyn Monroe.

— Mister Micawber

  • The original is wrong.
  • These are OK: I saw a girl in the street who was as beautiful as Marilyn Monroe.
  • I saw a girl in the street as beautiful as Marilyn Monroe.
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The original is wrong. These are OK:

I saw a girl in the street who was as beautiful as Marilyn Monroe.
I saw a girl in the street as beautiful as Marilyn Monroe.
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