I remember reading a language column by William Sapphire in an Indian
magazine a few years ago where he had ruthlessly and meticulously set
out to decimate all existing grammar softwares by ripping them apart
and showing them for what they really were - junk. I hope you'll
take that extra caution not to let someone like him find fault with
yours, even though that would be next to asking for the impossible!
Best of everything.
To me it seems that sentence 1 will become o.k if you could begin it
"Carl wants....."
Sentence 3 seems a little contrived to me though it may be declared
sound by a grammarian.
Sentence 5 is downright crazy and certainly wrong. You can never use
'that' twice within that sentence structure. Sentence 8 does not
convey the meanings conveyed by sentence 9 or 10 and therefore is
wrong.
All the above is half-baked stuff.
Now let's wait for the real pundits.....
myname wrote:
> Hello,
>
> as part of the writing of a program that will check grammar,
> we have to use a set of correct and incorrect sentences:
>
> 1) Two first class honors Carl wants among his senior sophister students
> this year
> 2) It is a picnic that Mel wants Val to try to enjoy
> 3) It is a picnic that Mel thinks is going to be enjoyed by Mel
> 4) It is a picnic that Mel thinks are going to be enjoyed by Mel
> 5) It is a picnic that Mel thinks that is going to be enjoyed by Mel
> 6) Mel thinks a picnic is going to be enjoyed by Mel
> 7) Mel thinks that a picnic is going to be enjoyed by Mel
> 8) To Mel Leslie seems to want to give a book
> 9) It is Mel that Leslie seems to want to give a book to
> 10) It is a book that Leslie seems to want to give to Mel
>
> But in fact, I have doubts. It seems to me that
> (considering grammatical aspects only) :
>
> Correct sentences : 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10
> Incorrect sentences : 4
> Big doubts : 1 (incorrect that way, but correct as part of a larger
sentence
> ?), 8
>
> What's your opinion ?
>
> Thanks !
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