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[Grammar] What is the correct grammatical form of this sentence?

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Marcu

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Which one is correct?



A-The dragon whose tail was golden flies like a bird.


B-The dragon whose tail is golden flies like a bird.


C-The dragon with golden tail flies like a bird.
 
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Rover_KE

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I see you have asked the same question here.

You had every right to do so as I accidentally deleted this thread earlier today—for which I apologise.:-(
 

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Which one is correct?



A-The dragon whose tail was golden flies like a bird. :tick:


B-The dragon whose tail is golden flies like a bird. :tick: ​[Grammatically OK but not very natural.]


C-The dragon with a/the golden tail flies like a bird. :tick: (with corrections)
A and B are correct as written. With the addition of an article, C is also correct.
 
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