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#2 (permalink) Sun Jan 09, 2005 13:10 pm Query |
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Hi,
This seems a bit odd to me, too. I shall investigate. _________________ English as a Second Language You can read my ESL story Present Simple |
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Alan Co-founder

Joined: 27 Sep 2003 Posts: 13887 Location: UK
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#3 (permalink) Fri Jul 22, 2005 20:16 pm Reading or speaking about |
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| Is this the book about which you were reading last night? |
Can I say "Is this the book that you were reading last night?" or "Is this the book you were reading last night?" |
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#4 (permalink) Wed Oct 26, 2005 14:01 pm A mistake in the question |
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Hi, Is this theperson about which you were spoken about last night? I think in the question task it should be a book instead a person Regards |
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#5 (permalink) Thu Oct 27, 2005 18:45 pm :-/ |
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Is this theperson about which you were spoken about last night? (a) this (b) which (c) spoken |
Hi everybody!
Isn't the first about excessive in the question above? I think it should be either
Is this the person about which you were speaking last night?
or
Is this the person which you were speaking about last night?
Or even
... you were speaking last night about?
Please correct me if I am mistaken. Thank you in advance. _________________ Factum non fabula |
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Sidle Jinks I'm here quite often ;-)
Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 127 Location: Sevastopol, Ukraine
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#6 (permalink) Fri Oct 28, 2005 0:06 am :-/ |
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I think it should be either
Is this the person about whom you were speaking last night?
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Is this the book about which you were speaking last night? |
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Sevide Guest
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#7 (permalink) Sat May 05, 2007 10:04 am Reading or speaking about |
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Hi, Alan
The sentense, as it stands now, looks like Is this theperson about which you were speaking about last night?
I'm not sure if we can refer to a person using the noun "which" |
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Lost_Soul I'm a Communicator ;-)

Joined: 15 Sep 2006 Posts: 1861 Location: South Park, Colorado, USA
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#8 (permalink) Thu May 15, 2008 20:09 pm Reading or speaking about |
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Hi everyone
I agree with Alen that it must be eighter "Is this the person about who/whom you were speaking last night?" or "Is this the book about which you were reading/speaking about last night?"
even though I'm Danish I can tell something i wrong!
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Isatango New Member
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#9 (permalink) Mon Mar 08, 2010 13:27 pm Reading or speaking about |
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I have couple of question to all.
Is this sentence referring to past ? If yes, why can't I use the below sentence correction "Is this the book you had read last night?" |
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Exp.expo New Member
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