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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