Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
The role of the conjunction 'and'?
I posted the same post yesterday.
I revived my dying former thread once but there wasn't any reply, so I took my former thread for dead.
#1-#2 each consists of a clause and a phrase and #3-#5 each consists of two clauses
but among a pronoun, a relative pronouns and the conjunction 'and', there is close connection
,so according to mixtures that we made up with them, we can produce a grammatical or ungrammatical sentence.
1) Each year thousands of books are published, many of them to attract momentary attention only to disappear gradually from the shelves and the minds of readers. (O)
2) Each year thousands of books are published, many of which to attract momentary attention only to disappear gradually from the shelves and the minds of readers (X)
3) Each year thousands of books are published, many of which attract momentary attention only to disappear gradually from the shelves and the minds of readers. (0)
4) Each year thousands of books are published, many of them attract momentary attention only to disappear gradually from the shelves and the minds of readers. (X)
5) Each year thousands of books are published and many of them attract momentary attention only to disappear gradually from the shelves and the minds of readers. (0)
Are my point said in the fist paragraph and guess about which sentences are right and which sentences are wrong right?
Thank you in advance for your help
I revived my dying former thread once but there wasn't any reply, so I took my former thread for dead.
#1-#2 each consists of a clause and a phrase and #3-#5 each consists of two clauses
but among a pronoun, a relative pronouns and the conjunction 'and', there is close connection
,so according to mixtures that we made up with them, we can produce a grammatical or ungrammatical sentence.
1) Each year thousands of books are published, many of them to attract momentary attention only to disappear gradually from the shelves and the minds of readers. (O)
2) Each year thousands of books are published, many of which to attract momentary attention only to disappear gradually from the shelves and the minds of readers (X)
3) Each year thousands of books are published, many of which attract momentary attention only to disappear gradually from the shelves and the minds of readers. (0)
4) Each year thousands of books are published, many of them attract momentary attention only to disappear gradually from the shelves and the minds of readers. (X)
5) Each year thousands of books are published and many of them attract momentary attention only to disappear gradually from the shelves and the minds of readers. (0)
Are my point said in the fist paragraph and guess about which sentences are right and which sentences are wrong right?
Thank you in advance for your help
Top answer
There is a difference between being grammatically correct and being natural. So there are two dimensions (four combinations) by which you can grade each sentence: a) ungrammatical - natural (colloquial or dialectical). #4 requires punctuation to be grammatical.
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There is a difference between being grammatically correct and being natural.
So there are two dimensions (four combinations) by which you can grade each sentence:
a) ungrammatical - natural (colloquial or dialectical). #4 requires punctuation to be grammatical.
b) ungrammatical - unnatural #2
c) grammatical - unnatural #1 (very formal)
d) grammatical - natural #3, #5
So there are two dimensions (four combinations) by which you can grade each sentence:
a) ungrammatical - natural (colloquial or dialectical). #4 requires punctuation to be grammatical.
b) ungrammatical - unnatural #2
c) grammatical - unnatural #1 (very formal)
d) grammatical - natural #3, #5
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Thank you AlpheccaStars very much for your very helpful answer for me. 
You are a very well-informed helper.
You are a very well-informed helper.
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