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Reading or speaking about Sun Jan 09, 2005 14:00 pm  Reading or speaking about
 

Test No. errors/elem-2 "Be careful", question 2

Is this the book about which you were speaking last night?

(a) this
(b) which
(c) speaking

Test No. errors/elem-2 "Be careful", answer 2

Is this the book about which you were reading last night?

Correct entry: reading
The error was: (c) speaking

You have not found the error.
Is this the book about which you were speaking last night?
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why is it assumed that the person was reading and not speaking about the book?

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Query Sun Jan 09, 2005 14:10 pm  Query
 

Hi,

This seems a bit odd to me, too. I shall investigate.
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Reading or speaking about Fri Jul 22, 2005 21:16 pm  Reading or speaking about
 

Quote:
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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A mistake in the question Wed Oct 26, 2005 15:01 pm  A mistake in the question
 

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
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:-/ Thu Oct 27, 2005 19:45 pm  :-/
 

ESL Questions 2 wrote:
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.
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:-/ Fri Oct 28, 2005 1:06 am  :-/
 

I think it should be either

Is this the person about whom you were speaking last night?

or

Is this the book about which you were speaking last night?
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Reading or speaking about Sat May 05, 2007 11:04 am  Reading or speaking about
 

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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Reading or speaking about Thu May 15, 2008 21:09 pm  Reading or speaking about
 

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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