capcap23 Member Joined Jul 2, 2018 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Turkish Home Country Turkey Current Location Turkey May 15, 2020 #1 A surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another. source Shouldn't it be "A surface one end or side of which is..."?
A surface of which one end or side is at a higher level than another. source Shouldn't it be "A surface one end or side of which is..."?
G GoesStation No Longer With Us (RIP) Joined Dec 22, 2015 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States May 15, 2020 #2 It could be, but it's fine as written.
capcap23 Member Thread starter Joined Jul 2, 2018 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Turkish Home Country Turkey Current Location Turkey May 15, 2020 #3 GoesStation said: It could be, but it's fine as written. Click to expand... By your reply, can I assume it is inverted sentence?
GoesStation said: It could be, but it's fine as written. Click to expand... By your reply, can I assume it is inverted sentence?
G GoesStation No Longer With Us (RIP) Joined Dec 22, 2015 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States May 15, 2020 #4 capcap23 said: By your reply, can I assume it is an inverted sentence? Click to expand... It's not inverted like an interrogative sentence. I think a different syntactic term applies, but I'm not the right person to say. Last edited: May 15, 2020
capcap23 said: By your reply, can I assume it is an inverted sentence? Click to expand... It's not inverted like an interrogative sentence. I think a different syntactic term applies, but I'm not the right person to say.
T tedmc VIP Member Joined Apr 16, 2014 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language Chinese Home Country Malaysia Current Location Malaysia May 15, 2020 #5 Don't you think the original version reads better? I do.
capcap23 Member Thread starter Joined Jul 2, 2018 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Turkish Home Country Turkey Current Location Turkey May 15, 2020 #6 Which grammar rule applies to it? As far as I understand, "of which" is an equivalent of "whose".
G GoesStation No Longer With Us (RIP) Joined Dec 22, 2015 Member Type Interested in Language Native Language American English Home Country United States Current Location United States May 15, 2020 #7 capcap23 said: Which grammar rule applies to it? As far as I understand, "of which" is an equivalent of "whose". Click to expand... There are some contexts in which whose could substitute for in which. The sentence you quoted in post #1 is not one of them. Neither is the first sentence of this post.
capcap23 said: Which grammar rule applies to it? As far as I understand, "of which" is an equivalent of "whose". Click to expand... There are some contexts in which whose could substitute for in which. The sentence you quoted in post #1 is not one of them. Neither is the first sentence of this post.