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Multiple objects + relative clause [duplicate]
Which would be best / acceptable?
"He saw people, animals and buildings THAT / WHICH had suffered greatly."
As I see it, there are 3 subjects; people, animals and buildings. The grammar rules I know ...
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“Whoever” Vs. “Whomever”
On the subject of "whoever" and "whomever", I was reading this but I am still confused: http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/whoever.asp
What is the correct use of whoever/whomever in the following ...
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Proper usage of 'which' in a sentence
I read the post Usage of "which", and am trying to frame my own sentence that uses "which".
Consider the sentences below. In the first, I want to say that variable shadowing is the reason ...
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“that which” used together
When I read essays from Eliot, I find him using "that which" frequently, e.g.
the combination which is the murder of Agamemnon is probably as complex as that which is the voyage of Ulysses.
A ...
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Use of “which” in a sample phrase [duplicate]
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Other ways of saying whichs
Is the following grammatically correct?
Sampling was mainly random, with the exception of some services which indexes, calculated with ...
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Help reworking a sentence to make it less ambigious
Are there any rules governing what the "which" refers to in a sentence like this:
Every five minutes, the Node.js application posts a JSON document to
my CouchDB instance which looks like:
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“It is having time to think that makes me depressed” - grammatical function of “that”?
It is having time to think that makes me depressed.
In this sentence, what is the grammatical function of the word that?
Thank you for your help!
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Can “whose” refer to a first-person subject in the third person?
This question came from a friend. It is from a college entrance exam for non-native English speakers.
Link the following sentences with "whose":
I was a small kid. My classmates laughed at ...
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Is Anyone/ Who is used together?
The course is for anyone who is interested in learning about computers.
Is there an error in the above sentence formation?
Or can we just say:
The course is for anyone interested in learning ...
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“for which” vs. “for what”? [duplicate]
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"Which" vs "what" - what's the difference and when should you use one or the other?
Q: What's the rule-of-thumb on "for which" vs. "for what" ...
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Possessive “that's” [duplicate]
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'Which', 'whose' or something else?
Is the use of "that's" correct in the sentence below?
Imagine a frame with two sets of strings stretched across, ...
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Are you comfortable with who(m) he is?
Are you comfortable with him? (correct)
Are you comfortable with whom he is? (??)
You're comfortable with whom he is. (??)
Are you comfortable with who he is? (??)
You're comfortable ...
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Can “who” as a relative pronoun sometimes be omitted?
Somebody once observed two things:
people often omit the relative pronoun "who" or "whom" to avoid having to worry about which is grammatically correct
however, in all cases where it can be omitted, ...
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Using “who” for things (nonliving beings)
On an online typing tutor site I came across the following phrase:
We're now going to move on to words who's first letter originates on the top row.
Can "who" normally be used in this way (to ...
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'Which', 'whose' or something else?
I would appreciate your help phrasing the following:
I am looking for elements
which/whose/... size/sizes is/are relatively large.
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Should you use “who” or “that” when talking about multiple people doing something?
Which of the following is correct?
There were 10 people that went to the store.
There were 10 people who went to the store.
Edit:
Which of the following is correct?
There were 10 ...
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