Please choose correct version

[Tvita]

Which version is correct and why?

Sen 1:

1) Different people have different understanding of what is rest and how to spend their leisure time.

2) Different people have different understanding of what rest is and how to spend their leisure time.

Sen 2:

1) I think, it is very important for them to rest their minds during leisure time.

2) I think, it is very important for them to rest their mind during leisure time.

[Anglika]

Originally Posted by Tvita

Which version is correct and why?

Sen 1:

1) Different people have different understanding [different understandings/a different understanding] of what is rest and how to spend their leisure time.

2) Different people have different understanding of what rest is and how to spend their leisure time.

Otherwise both are fine.

Sen 2:

1) I think it is very important for them to rest their minds during leisure time.
ok

2) I think it is very important for them to rest their mind during leisure time.

This would imply a collective mind.

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[2006]

Originally Posted by Tvita

Which version is correct and why?

2) I think, it is very important for them to rest their mind during leisure time.

This sentence seems very odd with "mind".

[gybbyr]

To be honest, both sentences are very awkward English. Neither one feels natural. I think the both need to be amended.

[Snowcake]

Hello Gybbyr,

can you give some examples which sound natural?

Even if it's not my thread, I'm very interested to read a suggestion of a native speaker.


Thanks
Snowcake

[Tvita]

Originally Posted by gybbyr

To be honest, both sentences are very awkward English. Neither one feels natural. I think the both need to be amended.

Please amend them so that they sound naturally :)

[2006]

[quote=Tvita;273355]
1) I think, it is very important for them to rest their minds during leisure time.

I don't think there is anything wrong with this sentence. (although the comma after "think" is not needed)

[Tvita]

My teacher insists that the following sentence is incorrect (he said that only "what rest is" is correct in the statement ):

Different people have a different understanding of what is rest and how to spend their leisure time.

Could you please give me any relevant explanation why it is correct in order that I can explain it to him?

[Anglika]

Either phrasing is fine. Allow your teacher his point - it is not worth an argument.

If you do want to try and explain, then indicate to him that "is" can be replaced with "constitutes" in this construct to make a very good, rather more "formal" sentence:

Different people have a different understanding of what constitutes rest and how to spend their leisure time.

[NearThere]

Originally Posted by Anglika

Either phrasing is fine. Allow your teacher his point - it is not worth an argument.

"Practical advice, I always weighed in my options, my grades were at stake."

If you do want to try and explain, then indicate to him that "is" can be replaced with "constitutes" in this construct to make a very good, rather more "formal" sentence:

Different people have a different understanding of what constitutes rest and how to spend their leisure time.

This is just for my own benifit, but I have one question.

The "what rest is" or "what is rest" issue. I was taught too in situation like this when it's a subclause the question form should be converted to an active(?) sentence (I mean the be-verb and the subject witch back) like this: What is rest--> What rest is. Because the main clause is not in a form of a question, neither should subclause in order to be in agreement with the master caluse.

Not always true then?

Many thanks