I have many close friends, and some of whom live in the States.

[neb090]

1. I have many close friends, and some of them live in the States.
2. I have many close friends, some of whom live in the States.
3. I have many close friends, some of them living in the States.
4. I have many close friends. Some of them live in the States.
5. I have many close friends; Some of them live in the States.

Are they all correct?

 

[5jj]

The first four are. In #5, 'some' should begin with a lower-case s.

 

[neb090]

The first four are. In #5, 'some' should begin with a lower-case s.

How about the following sentences?

1. More than 20 people, some of whom engineers, are at Mary's party.
2. More than 20 people, some of them engineers, are at Mary's party.

Which one is correct?

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[emsr2d2]

How about the following sentences?

1. More than 20 people, some of whom are engineers, are at Mary's party.
2. More than 20 people, some of them engineers, are at Mary's party.

Which one is correct?

With the addition of just one word to #1, they're both grammatically correct.

 

[neb090]

With the addition of just one word to #1, they're both grammatically correct.

2. More than 20 people, some of them engineers, are at Mary's party.

In this sentence, is "being" omitted?

 

[emsr2d2]

2. More than 20 people, some of them engineers, are at Mary's party.

In this sentence, is "being" omitted?

If it helps you to think about it like that, I suppose so. However, nothing has been omitted - it's a grammatical sentence in its own right.

I have twelve cats, some brown, some black, and a few grey!

 

[Skrej]

I have twelve cats, some brown, some black, and a few grey!

@emsr2d2 Is this you?

 

[emsr2d2]

@emsr2d2 This you?

Ah, sadly not. Much as I yearn to be a mad cat lady, the sentence was for illustrative purposes only. I haven't had a cat since 2015 and I've never had more than one at a time. I haven't given up hope yet!

 

[neb090]

1. More than 20 people, some of them engineers, are at Mary’s party.
2. There are more than 20 people, some of them engineers, at Mary's party.

Are the two sentences grammatically correct?

 

[jutfrank]

Yes.