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Originally Posted by Vicky Could you check it up, please?
1 The hotel(that)we`re staing in is miles away from the beach.
2 I`m working for a company(whose)main branch is in Manchester
3 That factory, (which)employs 500 people,makes computers
4. That`s the woman(who)didn`t turn up at her own wedding
5 That new computer is just (what) we need in this office
6 Is that the button (that) you pressed?
7 My wife, (who) work takes her away from home a lot, has decedied she needsan assistant.
8 My car is at the garage,(that) means we`ll have to walk
9 The team(which) wins will get $1,000
10 The town(-) I was born has completely changed. |
1. This one is OK, but some will object to the disjunct between the preposition and its object. More formally, one would write: The hotel in which we are staying is miles away from the beach.
2. Again, I va eno problem with this, but some wwill object to using "whose" as the possesive of "which". It could be: I'm working for a company, the main branch of which is in Manchester. or "I'm working for a company with a main branch in Manchester.
3-5 OK
6. The "that" is optional there and I would leave it out to eliminate a "that".
7. Whose instead of who.
8. You have two choices here. Either change "that" to "which" or place a semicolon after "garage" instead of a comma. Using "which" makes the second clause a subordinate nonrestrictive clause. Using "that" makes the second clause an independent clause.
9. In American English, "which" should be "that". In British English, "which" is acceptable, I believe.
10. This is OK, but some would prefer "town in which I was born".