This was the only thing which held you my respect.

[rohanvora]

plz tell me whether the following sentence is grammatically correct or not.

"This was the only thing which held you my respect."

 

[Khosro]

Maybe:

I held respect for you only because of this.
due to this I held respect for you.
The only reason I held respect for you was this.

 

[marmoset]

plz tell me whether the following sentence is grammatically correct or not.

"This was the only thing which held you my respect."

*just an assistant ESL teacher.

I would say no, but maybe in some dialect. You probably want to say something like, "That was the only thing that I respected about you."

 

[Khosro]

*just an assistant ESL teacher.

I would say no, but maybe in some dialect. You probably want to say something like, "That was the only thing that I respected about you."

That's much better! "hold" doesn't sound necessary here. We should first know what rohanvora really wants to say.

 

[rohanvora]

Exactly how Marmoset interpreted. Then it is right I suppose?

 

[Coolfootluke]

Exactly how Marmoset interpreted. Then it is right I suppose?

I am not a teacher.

No. "Hold" is unidiomatic there. We hold people in "high esteem" or "contempt"---we can't hold them in respect, and we certainly can't hold them our respect. I suspect you were going for, "This was the only thing that won you my respect."

 

[rohanvora]

hmm okay thank you all