I received so many threats...

Status
Not open for further replies.

arashrad

Member
Joined
Jun 14, 2015
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Persian
Home Country
Iran
Current Location
Iran
Hello

Can you help me to know is this sentence grammatically correct ?

"I received so many threats but none of them made me nervous except one that stated he is going to kidnap my beloved daughter."

Thanks
 

Rover_KE

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 20, 2010
Member Type
Retired English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
England
Current Location
England
I have changed your thread title, arashrad. As you know,

'Thread titles should include all or part of the word/phrase being discussed.'

Your title 'grammer' was useless and spelt wrong.
 

bhaisahab

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Apr 12, 2008
Member Type
Retired English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
England
Current Location
Ireland
Put a comma after "nervous" and change "is" to "was".
 

MikeNewYork

VIP Member
Joined
Nov 13, 2002
Member Type
Academic
Native Language
American English
Home Country
United States
Current Location
United States
Hello

Can you help me to know is this sentence grammatically correct ?

"I received so many threats but none of them made me nervous except the one that stated he is going to kidnap my beloved daughter."

Thanks

Minor correction above.
 

Tarheel

VIP Member
Joined
Jun 16, 2014
Member Type
Interested in Language
Native Language
American English
Home Country
United States
Current Location
United States
Hello

Can you help me to know is this sentence grammatically correct ?

"I received so many threats but none of them made me nervous except one that stated he is going to kidnap my beloved daughter."

You don't need "so". Also, put a comma after "threats".
 

Tdol

No Longer With Us (RIP)
Staff member
Joined
Nov 13, 2002
Native Language
British English
Home Country
UK
Current Location
Japan
It could be he was going to kidnap.
 

emsr2d2

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jul 28, 2009
Member Type
English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
UK
Current Location
UK
I would amalgamate all the suggestions above to make the sentence "I received many threats but none of them made me nervous except the one that said he was going to kidnap my daughter".
 

arashrad

Member
Joined
Jun 14, 2015
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Persian
Home Country
Iran
Current Location
Iran

Tarheel

VIP Member
Joined
Jun 16, 2014
Member Type
Interested in Language
Native Language
American English
Home Country
United States
Current Location
United States
I would amalgamate all the suggestions above to make the sentence "I received many threats but none of them made me nervous except the one that said he was going to kidnap my daughter".

Wouldn't you put a comma before "but"?
 

Rover_KE

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 20, 2010
Member Type
Retired English Teacher
Native Language
British English
Home Country
England
Current Location
England
That would be optional.
 

MikeNewYork

VIP Member
Joined
Nov 13, 2002
Member Type
Academic
Native Language
American English
Home Country
United States
Current Location
United States
I would use the comma.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top