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Hello native English speakers. Two queries about one sentence. I write a new sentence with relative pronoun to modify the noun “Tom' teacher” in the old sentence “They know if Tom's teacher gives him 100 dollars he would buy a beautiful dress for his girl friend Jane.”: ① They know the person if who gives Tom 100 dollars he would buy a beautiful dress for his girl friend Jane. (new sentence). If it modifies the noun “100 dollars”, such sentence is: ② They know the money which Tom's teacher gives him with which to possibly buy a beautiful dress for his girl friend Jane. or, ③ The money which , they know, Tom would buy a beautiful dresses for his girl friend Jane if Tom's teacher gives him. (pity it is not a complete sentence but a noun phrase) Question: Are the sentences as ①, ②, and ③(a noun phrase) all grammatically correct? How to correct if there are any errors , or rather, would you provide better sentences to be in place of my sentences as ①,②, and ③(anoun phrase)?

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Closest match: ① They know the person who may give Tom 100 dollars with which he would buy a beautiful dress for his girlfriend Jane. Note, this is overly wordy - technically correct but awkwardly unnatural. There are many ways to be more simple & natural but the meaning would change a bit. For example: ① They know who will give Tom 100 dollars to buy a beautiful dress for his girlfriend Jane. ② They know the money which Tom's teacher gives him with which to possibly buy a beautiful dress for his girl friend Jane. ^ This is technically acceptable. But there are subtle issues that a native speaker would often fix. Here's my version: ② They know the money that Tom's teacher gives him with which to potentially buy a beautiful dress for his girlfriend Jane. Note: Instead of repeating 'which', I replaced the first one with the more common & easygoing 'that', for a smoother sentence. 'Which' is a high-stress word, used like strong finger pointing, so it's best to avoid using it more than once in a short phrase. Also, I changed 'possibly' to 'potentially', not because 'possibly' is wrong, but because 'potentially' is a more relevant, focused, smooth & mature way of speaking in this context. ③ The money with which they know Tom would buy a beautiful dress for his girlfriend Jane, if provided by his teacher. ^ This is the most basic and direct correction, with minimal changes. ③ The money with which - if provided by his teacher - they know Tom would buy a beautiful dress for his girlfriend Jane. ^ This is a more sophisticated way of speaking, but good for written work. Note, the dashes can be swapped for brackets to make it less formal and more accessible to less educated readers.
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I'm no expert, but each of these 3 sentences sounds unusual to me.🤔

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