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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?
2025년 4월 2일 오전 4:57
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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.
2025년 4월 2일 오전 8:58
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.
2025년 4월 2일 오전 7:39
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