Hello native English speakers.
Thank you in advance.

Queries about the grammatical correctness and meaning of three real sentences.

1a. She was too experienced a conductor to be worried by what Tom said.
1b. She was too experienced a conductor for what Tom said to worry.
Are both grammatically correct and having the same meaning?

2a. We took him for our model for the very reason that he ought to have admitted his example.
2b. We took him for our model for the very reason for which he ought to have admitted his example.
2c. We took him for our model for the very reason which/that he ought to have admitted his example for.
2d. We took him for our model for the very reason he ought to have admitted his example.
2e. We took him for our model for the very reason why he ought to have admitted his example.
Do they have the same meaning?
Are they all grammatically correct? and workable?

3a. I was getting ready to leave on the very day that he came.
3b. I was getting ready to leave on the very day he came.
3c. I was getting ready to leave on the very day when he came.
3d. I was getting ready to leave on the very day on which he came.
3e. I was getting ready to leave on the very day which he came on.
Which is grammatically correct?
Do they have the same meaning?

Question

Hello native English speakers.
Thank you in advance.

Queries about the grammatical correctness and meaning of three real sentences.

1a.  She was too experienced a conductor to be worried by what Tom said.
1b.   She was too experienced a conductor for what Tom said to worry.
Are both grammatically correct and  having the same meaning?

2a.  We took him for our model for the very reason that he ought to have admitted his example. ​
2b.  We took him for our model for the very reason for which he ought to have admitted his example. ​
2c.   We took him for our model for the very reason which/that he ought to have admitted his example for.
2d.  We took him for our model for the very reason he ought to have admitted his example. ​
2e. We took him for our model for the very reason why he ought to have admitted his example. ​
Do they have the same meaning?
Are they all grammatically correct? and workable?

3a. I was getting ready to leave on the very day that he came.
3b.  I was getting ready to leave on the very day he came.
3c.  I was getting ready to leave on the very day when he came.
3d.  I was getting ready to leave on the very day on which he came.
3e.  I was getting ready to leave on the very day which he came on.
Which is grammatically correct?
Do they have the same meaning?

Answer

Hello! These are excellent, high-level grammar questions. You are dealing with some complex relative clauses here. Let's break them down group by group:
Group 1:
1a is perfectly correct and very natural.
1b is incorrect. The verb 'worry' needs an object here. It would need to be: '...for what Tom said to worry her.' Even with the correction, 1a remains the much stronger and more natural choice.
Group 2:
Yes, they all attempt to convey the exact same meaning. However, they are not all equally workable:
2a, 2d, and 2e are all grammatically correct and the most natural options. (Note: 2d omits the relative pronoun, which is very common in spoken and written English).
2b is grammatically correct but extremely formal and a bit heavy for everyday use.
2c is grammatically incorrect and very awkward because it strands the preposition 'for' at the end of the clause in a confusing way. Avoid this one.
Group 3:
Again, they all have the exact same meaning.
3a, 3b, and 3c are perfectly grammatically correct and represent the most natural ways a native speaker would say this.
3d is grammatically correct but highly formal (best reserved for academic or legal writing).
3e is grammatically possible but very clunky because it ends on the preposition 'on'. I would recommend sticking to a, b, or c.
You are analysing some very advanced sentence structures here - keep up the fantastic work with your studies!

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