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Appendix 4

UNIT 68
1 Unfortunately, few of our houseplants died while we were away on holiday. X
•" Unfortunately, a few of our houseplants died while we were away on holiday. ^
2 It cost fewer than twenty pounds. X
*• It cost less than twenty pounds. \/

UNIT 69
1 All us were exhausted after flying back from Japan. X
*" All of us were exhausted after flying back from Japan, (or We were all exhausted) i/
2 All of the reptiles lay eggs. X
<•" All reptiles lay eggs, t/ (This is more likely if we are talking about the class (reptiles) in
general.)

UNIT 70
1 The boy threw the stone who is wearing the yellow shirt. X
w The boy who is wearing the yellow shirt threw the stone. t/

2 The car that I had it in 1990 was blue. X
<*- The car that I had in 1990 was blue. •

UNIT 71
1 My mother who is in her seventies enjoys hill walking. X
<•* My mother, who is in her seventies, enjoys hill walking. • (In 'My mother who is in her
seventies enjoys' the underlined clause is a defining relative clause (see Unit 70). This
would suggest I had more than one mother and I am talking about the one who is in her
seventies. This would be nonsense.)
2 My older brother, you'll meet later, is a dentist. X
<*" My older brother, who you'll meet later, is a dentist, t/

UNIT 72
1 He lived at the top of an old house which attic had been converted into a flat. X
*" He lived at the top of an old house whose attic had been converted into a flat. •"

2 'Do you like your present?' 'It's just the thing what I was hoping for.' X
<•" 'Do you like your present?' 'It's just the thing (that) I was hoping for.' (or It's just
what...) •
3 You are free to do whatever you will want. X
«•• You are free to do whatever you want. */ (We use the present simple to refer to the
future after whatever, etc.)

UNIT 73
1 The valley in which the power station is located in is to the north of the city. X
*• The valley in which the power station is located is to the north of the city, i/ (If the
relative clause begins with a preposition, we don't use a second preposition later.)

2 You don't mean to tell me that's the man to whom you paid the money. X
«• You don't mean to tell me that's the man (who/that) you paid the money to? • ('...to
whom you paid the money?' would be very unlikely in this informal context.)

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