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navi
2024-10-28 08:20:28 UTC
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Which are grammatical and which are natural:

1) I am talking about our wedding, whose anniversary we're coming up on.

2) I am talking about our wedding, which we're coming up on the
anniversary of.

3) I am talking about our wedding, of which the anniversary we're coming
up on.

I find '1' fine. '2'sounds clunky but grammatical, but for some reason
'3' sounds ungrammatical.

But 'of which the anniversary we are celebrating' sounds fine.


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Navi


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Obsessed with ambiguity
Interested in strange structures
Hibou
2024-10-28 08:31:29 UTC
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Post by navi
1) I am talking about our wedding, whose anniversary we're coming up on.
2) I am talking about our wedding, which we're coming up on the
anniversary of.
3) I am talking about our wedding, of which the anniversary we're coming
up on.
I find '1' fine. '2'sounds clunky but grammatical, but for some reason
'3' sounds ungrammatical.
But 'of which the anniversary we are celebrating' sounds fine.
(1) maybe, but not (2) or (3).

I am talking about our wedding, whose anniversary is not far off.

There are many possible variations: soon, close, near, imminent,
fast-approaching, next week.... (I quite like 'nigh', but that's
probably just me.)
Athel Cornish-Bowden
2024-10-28 08:50:25 UTC
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Post by navi
1) I am talking about our wedding, whose anniversary we're coming up on.
2) I am talking about our wedding, which we're coming up on the
anniversary of.
3) I am talking about our wedding, of which the anniversary we're coming
up on.
I find '1' fine. '2'sounds clunky but grammatical, but for some reason
'3' sounds ungrammatical.
But 'of which the anniversary we are celebrating' sounds fine.
(1) maybe, but not (2) or (3).
I find them all awful, but perhaps 1 is less awful than the other two.
Post by Hibou
I am talking about our wedding, whose anniversary is not far off.
There are many possible variations: soon, close, near, imminent,
fast-approaching, next week.... (I quite like 'nigh', but that's
probably just me.)
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Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly
in England until 1987.
Hibou
2024-10-28 08:52:01 UTC
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1) I am talking about our wedding, whose anniversary we're coming up on. [...]
(1) maybe [...]
Though with a 'to', not an 'on'.
Snidely
2024-10-28 21:05:58 UTC
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1) I am talking about our wedding, whose anniversary we're coming up on. [...]
(1) maybe [...]
Though with a 'to', not an 'on'.
coming up on is ok with me, and probably what I'd say before coming up
to editing it.

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Snidely
2024-10-28 21:04:32 UTC
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Post by navi
1) I am talking about our wedding, whose anniversary we're coming up on.
2) I am talking about our wedding, which we're coming up on the
anniversary of.
3) I am talking about our wedding, of which the anniversary we're coming
up on.
I find '1' fine. '2'sounds clunky but grammatical, but for some reason
'3' sounds ungrammatical.
But 'of which the anniversary we are celebrating' sounds fine.
(1) maybe, but not (2) or (3).
I am talking about our wedding, whose anniversary is not far off.
There are many possible variations: soon, close, near, imminent,
fast-approaching, next week.... (I quite like 'nigh', but that's probably
just me.)
Neigh.

-d
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HVS
2024-10-28 09:21:49 UTC
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1) I am talking about our wedding, whose anniversary we're coming up on.
2) I am talking about our wedding, which we're coming up on the
anniversary of.
3) I am talking about our wedding, of which the anniversary we're
coming up on.
I find '1' fine. '2'sounds clunky but grammatical, but for some
reason '3' sounds ungrammatical.
But 'of which the anniversary we are celebrating' sounds fine.
I'm not hot on any of them.

(1) treats the anniversary as a person rather than a thing.

(2) sounds very much like the "up with which I will not put"
quotation.

(3) is just weird.

"I am talking about our wedding, the anniversary of which is coming
up."
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Athel Cornish-Bowden
2024-10-28 11:15:35 UTC
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1) I am talking about our wedding, whose anniversary we're coming up on.
2) I am talking about our wedding, which we're coming up on the
anniversary of.
3) I am talking about our wedding, of which the anniversary we're
coming up on.
I find '1' fine. '2'sounds clunky but grammatical, but for some
reason '3' sounds ungrammatical.
But 'of which the anniversary we are celebrating' sounds fine.
I'm not hot on any of them.
(1) treats the anniversary as a person rather than a thing.
(2) sounds very much like the "up with which I will not put"
quotation.
(3) is just weird.
"I am talking about our wedding, the anniversary of which is coming
up."
navi will like that, because it packs all the information into one
sentence. I would prefer

I am talking about our wedding; its anniversary is soon.
--
Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly
in England until 1987.
HVS
2024-10-28 17:39:41 UTC
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Post by navi
1) I am talking about our wedding, whose anniversary we're
coming up on.
2) I am talking about our wedding, which we're coming up on the
anniversary of.
3) I am talking about our wedding, of which the anniversary
we're coming up on.
I find '1' fine. '2'sounds clunky but grammatical, but for some
reason '3' sounds ungrammatical.
But 'of which the anniversary we are celebrating' sounds fine.
I'm not hot on any of them.
(1) treats the anniversary as a person rather than a thing.
(2) sounds very much like the "up with which I will not put"
quotation.
(3) is just weird.
"I am talking about our wedding, the anniversary of which is
coming up."
navi will like that, because it packs all the information into one
sentence. I would prefer
I am talking about our wedding; its anniversary is soon.
I'd probably do something similar, but I took it that Navi's game is
to do single sentences, no matter how tortuous the result may be.

It sounds odd to me, though to assign "ownership" of the
anniversary to the wedding, as I'd normally opt for "our
anniversary" rather than "its [the wedding's] anniversary".

"I am talking about our wedding -- it's our anniversary soon."
Athel Cornish-Bowden
2024-10-28 17:41:55 UTC
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Post by navi
1) I am talking about our wedding, whose anniversary we're
coming up on.
2) I am talking about our wedding, which we're coming up on the
anniversary of.
3) I am talking about our wedding, of which the anniversary
we're coming up on.
I find '1' fine. '2'sounds clunky but grammatical, but for some
reason '3' sounds ungrammatical.
But 'of which the anniversary we are celebrating' sounds fine.
I'm not hot on any of them.
(1) treats the anniversary as a person rather than a thing.
(2) sounds very much like the "up with which I will not put"
quotation.
(3) is just weird.
"I am talking about our wedding, the anniversary of which is
coming up."
navi will like that, because it packs all the information into one
sentence. I would prefer
I am talking about our wedding; its anniversary is soon.
I'd probably do something similar, but I took it that Navi's game is
to do single sentences, no matter how tortuous the result may be.
It sounds odd to me, though to assign "ownership" of the
anniversary to the wedding, as I'd normally opt for "our
anniversary" rather than "its [the wedding's] anniversary".
"I am talking about our wedding -- it's our anniversary soon."
Yes. That's better than mine.
--
Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly
in England until 1987.
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