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Junkomama
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 Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 3:44 am Post subject: where he is from |
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"I don't know exactly where he is from."
Is it OK to change this sentence to the following?
1 "I don't have an exact idea where he is from."
2 "I don't know exactly the place where he is from."
Thank you in advance!
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Anuradha Chepur
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 3:52 am Post subject: |
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| The original sentence is more natural. |
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Junkomama
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 5:18 am Post subject: |
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Thank you, Anuradha Chepur-san!!
So, sentence 1 and 2 are understandable but not natural, are'nt they?
Then "I don't know exactly the place which he is from." is grammatically wrong?
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Anuradha Chepur
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:44 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Junkomama,
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| Then "I don't know exactly the place which he is from." is grammatically wrong? |
You can say it is very clumsy and most of them don't use the expression that way. |
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Junkomama
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| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you very much for your kind help!!
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