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navi
2024-09-12 03:14:24 UTC
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1) I had been nominated for an Emmy, which he has won a lot of.
2) I had been nominated for an Emmy, which he has won many of.
3) I had been nominated for an Emmy, of which he has won many.

4) I had been nominated for an Emmy, which you have won two of.
5) I had been nominated for an Emmy, of which you have won two.

Are these sentences grammatically correct?

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Navi


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Obsessed with ambiguity
Interested in strange structures
Athel Cornish-Bowden
2024-09-12 07:44:57 UTC
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Post by navi
1) I had been nominated for an Emmy, which he has won a lot of.
2) I had been nominated for an Emmy, which he has won many of.
3) I had been nominated for an Emmy, of which he has won many.
4) I had been nominated for an Emmy, which you have won two of.
5) I had been nominated for an Emmy, of which you have won two.
Are these sentences grammatically correct?
None of them, not only for the reason you think: "had" cannot be
followed by "have". English is not as fussy about sequence of tenses
as, for example, Latin, but it's not totally ignored.

More generally, don't compress two thoughts into one if having two
sentences is better:

I have been nominated for an Emmy. He has won many of them.

I think I've told you this a hundred times, but you don't take any notice.
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Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly
in England until 1987.
LionelEdwards
2024-09-12 13:13:23 UTC
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Post by Athel Cornish-Bowden
Post by navi
1) I had been nominated for an Emmy, which he has won a lot of.
2) I had been nominated for an Emmy, which he has won many of.
3) I had been nominated for an Emmy, of which he has won many.
4) I had been nominated for an Emmy, which you have won two of.
5) I had been nominated for an Emmy, of which you have won two.
Are these sentences grammatically correct?
None of them, not only for the reason you think: "had" cannot be
followed by "have"...
I don't understand that. Navi never provides context, but try
putting "I met him 20 years ago." in front of these sentences?

(4) and (5) are beyond redemption.

Ruud Harmsen
2024-09-12 09:13:50 UTC
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Post by navi
1) I had been nominated for an Emmy, which he has won a lot of.
2) I had been nominated for an Emmy, which he has won many of.
3) I had been nominated for an Emmy, of which he has won many.
4) I had been nominated for an Emmy, which you have won two of.
5) I had been nominated for an Emmy, of which you have won two.
Are these sentences grammatically correct?
Think so yes. Doubt about number 5.
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