Grammars, help!

2010-09-29 10:18 am
The women I have met who have taken to wear the mask telling me that it gives them confidence.

Required:

Identify and critically explain any grammatical error(s) in the above sentence.

回答 (5)

2010-09-30 12:03 am
✔ 最佳答案
The women I have met who have taken to wear the mask telling me that it gives them confidence.

The correct statement should be as follows:
The women I have met have taken to wear the masks telling me that they give them confidence.
Please note "I have met" is a defining clause which define which women you mean, so "who" is not necessary.
Another point is the agreement of nouns in plural.

2010-10-02 17:59:43 補充:
please note that "take to" is a phrasal verb, the verb after it must be a gerund.
meaning of "take to" - develop as a habit or a steady practice or become fond of or attached to

2010-10-02 18:00:04 補充:
The women I have met who have taken to wearing the marks - this is a subject noun clause. I have met who have taken to wearing the marks is a defining clause describes the women you are talking about.

2010-10-02 18:00:20 補充:
Therefore, it is followed by a verb - tell me and another that clause.
"it" stands for the action of wearing the masks.

2010-10-02 18:05:16 補充:
It is not necessary to use the word "who" at the position.
The correct one should be like this:
The women (whom/who) I have met have taken to wearing the masks tell me that it gives them confidence.
Your may rephrase it like:

2010-10-02 18:06:46 補充:
I have met the women who have taken to wearing the masks.
They (the women) tell me that it gives them confidence.
2010-10-01 12:31 am
IeRo : The women (whom) I met have worn masks telling me that mask-wearing may/can give them confidence.
2010-09-29 9:06 pm
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2010-09-29 6:37 pm
IeRo:

The expression(meaning) of the sentence is too ambiguous(not clear)
enough to be understood and therefore it would be much better if you
write out its meaning in Chinese before anyone can translate it properly
for you.
2010-09-29 5:27 pm
The women I have met who have taken to wear the mask telling me that it gives them confidence.


The sentence should be:

The women I have met who have taken to wear the masks telling me that
they give them confidence.

OR
The woman I have met who has taken to wear the mask telling me that it gives her confidence.


There are simple subject vs verb agreement errors in the sentence.


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