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by atulmangal » Sun Apr 03, 2011 11:33 am
Although the technicians, whom the manager distrust, spent hours conducting repairs, the computer, which are used by most of the staff, are still broken.

Task 1:---Find all the sub-verb agreement errors?

Task 2:- What is the main subject and main verb?

Task 3:- Indicate all the relative clauses?

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by Target2009 » Sun Apr 03, 2011 5:07 pm
Task1:
1. Although the technicians (Sub) spent(verb) hours conducting repairs - Agreement is fine
2. The computer(Sub) are(verb) still broken. Agreement is wrong

Task2 : main Sub - The Computer Main Verb : Are ( which is wrong)

Task 3: Relative Clause : Whom, Which

Correct me if I missed something.
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by atulmangal » Sun Apr 03, 2011 6:38 pm
Target2009 wrote:Task1:
1. Although the technicians (Sub) spent(verb) hours conducting repairs - Agreement is fine
2. The computer(Sub) are(verb) still broken. Agreement is wrong

Task2 : main Sub - The Computer Main Verb : Are ( which is wrong)

Task 3: Relative Clause : Whom, Which

Correct me if I missed something.
Yes u missed the sub-verb agreement errors in relative clauses...
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by rohu27 » Sun Apr 03, 2011 8:31 pm
just to add on to abhishek's notes, the relative clauses have an SV error
whom the manager distrusts
which is used by most of the staff
we can even make computers plural and let the remaing verbs be as it is i suppose.
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by Target2009 » Sun Apr 03, 2011 8:32 pm
atulmangal wrote: Yes u missed the sub-verb agreement errors in relative clauses...
Thanks .. I overlooked it..
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by singh181 » Sun Apr 03, 2011 9:37 pm
rohu27 wrote:just to add on to abhishek's notes, the relative clauses have an SV error
whom the manager distrusts
which is used by most of the staff
we can even make computers plural and let the remaing verbs be as it is i suppose.
Quick Question:

"whom the manager distrusts".
can "whom" [object] refer to plural "technicians"??
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by rohu27 » Sun Apr 03, 2011 10:16 pm
singh181 wrote:
rohu27 wrote:just to add on to abhishek's notes, the relative clauses have an SV error
whom the manager distrusts
which is used by most of the staff
we can even make computers plural and let the remaing verbs be as it is i suppose.
Quick Question:

"whom the manager distrusts".
can "whom" [object] refer to plural "technicians"??
The manager distrusts them, them->object
this is how i did it, i may well be wrong.
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by atulmangal » Mon Apr 04, 2011 1:23 am
singh181 wrote:
rohu27 wrote:just to add on to abhishek's notes, the relative clauses have an SV error
whom the manager distrusts
which is used by most of the staff
we can even make computers plural and let the remaing verbs be as it is i suppose.
Quick Question:

"whom the manager distrusts".
can "whom" [object] refer to plural "technicians"??
My approach...ask question from verb...who distrust/distrusts?????

clearly its the manager not technicians...hence distrusts...
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by atulmangal » Mon Apr 04, 2011 4:14 am
singh181 wrote:
rohu27 wrote:just to add on to abhishek's notes, the relative clauses have an SV error
whom the manager distrusts
which is used by most of the staff
we can even make computers plural and let the remaing verbs be as it is i suppose.
Quick Question:

"whom the manager distrusts".
can "whom" [object] refer to plural "technicians"??
@singh

Yes whom can refer to plural technicians..
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