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Hello and how are you native English speakers. The follows are 14 noun phrases related to (only) one simpl sentence.
Tom drew a thick black line across the word ---is a sentence.
I will write such noun phrases as follows related to this sentence:
1.Tom's drawing of the thick black line across the word.
2. The Tom who drew a thick black line across the word.
3. The action of drawing a thick black line across the word done by Tom.
4. The action of drawing a thick black line a done by Tom across the word.
5. A thick black line which Tom drew across the word.
6. A thick black line drawn across the word by Tom.
7. The word across which Tom drew a thick black line.
8. Across the word across which Tom drew a thick black line.
9. The way of Tom's drawing of a thick black line across the word.
10. Tom' s way to draw a thick black line across the word.
11. A thick black line to be drawn across the word by Tom.
12. A thick black line for Tom to draw across the word.
13. A thick black line across the word for Tom to draw.
14. A thick black line to be drawn by Tom across the word.
Question:
Which is/are grammatically correct?
Apr 2, 2025 4:57 AM
Answers · 5
I think you mean "as done" in number 4. If you correct this, then all 14 sentences are gramatiically valid but they mostly mean different things.
Apr 2, 2025 8:58 AM
Note: they all seem odd to me because of the use of 'across' rather than 'through', but, that aside, the following are definitely incorrect: 4 and 8
So the others are conceivably correct but many are strange/awkward. For instance, 12 and 13 are grammatically correct but it's difficult to conceive of a situation where they could occur logically speaking. 1 is correct as long as 'drawing' is a noun here. 2 assumes there is more than one Tom and you are distinguishing which. 3 is inelegant in the extreme. etc.
Apr 2, 2025 7:39 AM
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