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frequently used
(1) The fish which I caught yesterday is still alive.
(2) The fish that I caught yesterday is still alive.
I think both are grammatically correct.
However, I like to know which is more frequently used between (1) and (2) among native speakers ?
(2) The fish that I caught yesterday is still alive.
I think both are grammatically correct.
However, I like to know which is more frequently used between (1) and (2) among native speakers ?
I met next question some days ago.
(Q1) Which is correct? (3)
(1) I have a house (which) window is pretty good.
(2) I met a woman (whom) could speak six languages.
(3) The fish which I caught yesterday is still alive.
I was thinking of next question when I met the question
(Q2) which is the most acceptable? (3)
(1) The fish which I caught yesterday is still alive.
(2) The fish that I caught yesterday is still alive.
(3) The fish I caught yesterday is still alive.
I think (Q2) is more educational than (Q1).
Because (Q1) shows two ungrammatical sentences, and one awkard sentence.
That leads students to be familiar with ungrammatical and awkard.
What do you think of my point?
I have another question here.
(1) I have a house whose window is pretty good.
(2) I have a house its window is pretty good.
Which is acceptable between (1) and (2) ?
(Q1) Which is correct? (3)
(1) I have a house (which) window is pretty good.
(2) I met a woman (whom) could speak six languages.
(3) The fish which I caught yesterday is still alive.
I was thinking of next question when I met the question
(Q2) which is the most acceptable? (3)
(1) The fish which I caught yesterday is still alive.
(2) The fish that I caught yesterday is still alive.
(3) The fish I caught yesterday is still alive.
I think (Q2) is more educational than (Q1).
Because (Q1) shows two ungrammatical sentences, and one awkard sentence.
That leads students to be familiar with ungrammatical and awkard.
What do you think of my point?
I have another question here.
(1) I have a house whose window is pretty good.
(2) I have a house its window is pretty good.
Which is acceptable between (1) and (2) ?
No. It's difficult to make head or tail out of this sentence!
'of which' is what I might call a 'partitive', it implies being a part of house. BUt 'window' needs a quantifier such as "one" or 'several" or a plural marker -s:
"a house of which a window is..."
'a house of which several windows..."
But in your previous sentence, you used 'whose', relative pronoun. It means that the window(s) of THIS PARTICULAR house.
'of which' is what I might call a 'partitive', it implies being a part of house. BUt 'window' needs a quantifier such as "one" or 'several" or a plural marker -s:
"a house of which a window is..."
'a house of which several windows..."
But in your previous sentence, you used 'whose', relative pronoun. It means that the window(s) of THIS PARTICULAR house.