[Grammar] The policeman who wasn't very friendly.

[chingchangchong]

Hello, teachers.

I have a question.

"The policeman who stopped our car wasn't very kind" is the correct answer by book.

But I think "The policeman who wasn't very kind stopped our car" can be correct answer.

I want check it, but i don't have a teacher.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I prefer the first.

If you want to use the second, I suggest commas before "who" and after "kind".

 

[Rover_KE]

[STRIKE]Hello, teachers.[/STRIKE] Unnecessary.

[STRIKE]I have a question.[/STRIKE] Unnecessary.

"The policeman who stopped our car wasn't very kind" is the correct answer in my book.

But I think "The policeman who wasn't very kind stopped our car" can be the correct answer.

I want to check it, but I don't have a teacher.

I agree with Mike.

Always capitalise 'I'.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Can the second one be rewritten as 'The not-so-kind policeman stopped our car'?

 

[Raymott]

It's difficult to tell without knowing the question, but my suspicion is that 2. is not a correct answer.
"Which policeman stopped your car?" can be answered by 2, but not 1.
"What was the policeman like who stopped your car?" can be answered by 1, but not 2.

 

[emsr2d2]

Can the second one be rewritten as 'The not-so-kind policeman stopped our car'?

Not naturally, no. Apart from "not-so-kind" not being all that common, it also sounds as if there was at least one other policeman there, and that he was kind.

 

[Matthew Wai]

it also sounds as if there was at least one other policeman there, and that he was kind.

Does the following not sound so? 'The' is replaced with 'A'.
'A not-so-kind policeman stopped our car.'