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Chan-Seung Lee
Joined: 03 Dec 2005
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 Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:40 am Post subject: comma which, comma who |
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1.He had two sons, who became doctors.
2.I have pretty flowers, which I gave her.
3.He had two sons and they became doctors.
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I know that #1 is a correct sentence because it means #3.
Then, does #2 make sense? I'd like to know #2 is correct. If it's correct, as we can change #1 into #3, what sentence can #2 be changed into?
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rice07
Joined: 26 Oct 2007
Posts: 385
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| Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:31 am Post subject: |
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Hi
1. Yes,#1 is equivalent to #3 to me.
2. I think #2 is incorrect in use of tenses.
=> You had to have those pretty flowers first, and then you could give her (those pretty flowers).
So the sentence might be "I had pretty flowers, which I gave her".
Another expression with same meaning to that, I would say:
I gave her those pretty flowers that/which I had. |
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