Hello native English speakers. Thank you very much in advance. Three big questions defeat me very much though relating to many sentences, which are:
1a. Wherever known, such facts have been reported.
1b. Wherever they are known, such facts have been reported.
1c. Wherever such facts are known, they have been reported.
Which is grammatically correct?
Do they have the same meaning?
2a. Where having nothing, nothing can you lose.
2b. Where you have nothing, you can lose nothing.
2c. Where having nothing, nothing can be lost.
Question:
Which is grammatically correct?
Do they have the same meaning?
3. You must not use my pen unless writing a letter.
4. If in need, don't hesitate to ask me for money.
5. Though agreeing with you up to a point, I can not agree to your plans as a whole.
6. Even though given every attention, the crops wouldn't grow well.
7. It is one of the finest poems produced in recent years, if not the finest.
8. Our remaining horse was utterly useless as wanting an eye.
Question (from 3 to 8):
Which is grammatically correct?