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    Relatives/correction
    Message from mohammad51 posted on 24-10-2021 at 13:00:16 (D | E | F)
    Hello

    Please proofread my answers.
    Thank you in advance.


    1 This is the book what about I was telling you. ( which instead of what)

    2 There's a new machine at the gym I think you would really like it.

    (Though I solved below, this sentence makes me confused)

    At the gym, there is a new machine which \ that you would really like.

    ( Remove it and move the prepositional phrase to the front position so that to avoid confusing with the modifier).

    The relative pronoun can be omitted ( object pronoun) >> You really like \ would like

    3 We're travelling to Dubai, where I've always wanted to visit.

    ( which not where identifies the city- which city ?) Non-defining because identified by a name.

    4 I was worrying about my luggage, that I'd forgotten to weigh before we left. >> ( remove comma )
    That is not set by comma >> That is used in defining relative clauses only.

    5 Chris, who his father owns the company, always works really hard. >> ( whose instead of who )

    6 I've finally had to replace my old car, I've had since I passed my test. >> ( which I have had )


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    Edited by lucile83 on 24-10-2021 15:09
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    Re: Relatives/correction from gerondif, posted on 25-10-2021 at 08:39:23 (D | E)
    Hello
    This is what I would have written
    This is the book /*/that/which/I was telling you about.

    At the gym, there is a new machine which \ that you would really like.


    3 We're travelling to Dubai, a place (that) I've always wanted to visit.

    4 I was worrying about my luggage that I'd forgotten to weigh before we left.

    5 Chris, whose father owns the company, always works really hard.

    6 I finally had to replace my old car, a car I'd had since I passed my test. >> (that/ which I have had )



    Re: Relatives/correction from westen, posted on 26-10-2021 at 17:02:51 (D | E)
    Hi there!

    I'm a native English speaker. While there are a few different ways to write your answers, these are how I would have written them naturally...

    1. This is the book that I was telling you about.
    2. There's a new machine at the gym that I think you might really like.
    3. We're traveling to Dubai, which I've always wanted to visit.
    4. I was so worried about my luggage that I had forgotten to weight it before we left.
    5. Chris, whose father owns the company, always works very hard.
    6. I ended up having to replace my car, which I've had since I passed my test.

    I hope this helps! 😊

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    Edited by lucile83 on 27-10-2021 08:27
    Thank you for being helpful on the forum.
    However it would be better if you could just show the mistakes, not really correct them.




    Re: Relatives/correction from mohammad51, posted on 07-11-2021 at 22:09:12 (D | E)
    Hello
    Thank you both teachers gerondif and westen

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    Dear teacher westen I don't agree with your sentence :

    There's a new machine at the gym that I think you might really like.

    Here ( that) in your sentence refers to the noun ( gym )
    So, it makes confusion; which one we want to modify the machine or the gym
    And for this reason, I separated the prepositional, and put it at the beginning.



    Re: Relatives/correction from lucile83, posted on 08-11-2021 at 07:36:21 (D | E)
    Hello,
    In my opinion there isn't any confusion about that sentence:
    There's a new machine at the gym that I think you might really like.



    Re: Relatives/correction from mohammad51, posted on 08-11-2021 at 14:20:31 (D | E)
    Hello,

    Thank you dear teacher lucile83

    In the sentence you recommend ( that as a conjunction ) = relative pronoun, so it is a complex sentence.

    There's a new machine at the gym that I think you might really like.

    How it looks if I rewrite using a semicolon to make a compound sentence instead of a complex ?

    There's a new machine at the gym; I think you would \ might really like it.



    Re: Relatives/correction from lucile83, posted on 08-11-2021 at 16:25:53 (D | E)
    Hello,

    There's a new machine at the gym that I think you might really like. Here I understand you focus on the fact that there is a new machine.

    There's a new machine at the gym; I think you would\might really like it. Here I understand you focus on the fact that it is at the gym.




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