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John, who is a 28 year old man, asked Jane to marry him and was devastated when she turned down his proposal.
А. John, who is a 28-year-old man, asked Jane to marry him and was devastated when she turned down his proposal
B. John asked Jane, who is a 28-year-old man, to marry him and was devastated when she turned his proposal down
C. John, a 28-year-old man, asked Jane to marry him and were devastated when she turned down his proposal
D. John, who is 28-year-old man, asked Jane to marry him and was devastated when she turned down his proposal
E. John, who is 28, have asked Jane to marry him and was devastated when she turned down proposal
А. John, who is a 28-year-old man, asked Jane to marry him and was devastated when she turned down his proposal
B. John asked Jane, who is a 28-year-old man, to marry him and was devastated when she turned his proposal down
C. John, a 28-year-old man, asked Jane to marry him and were devastated when she turned down his proposal
D. John, who is 28-year-old man, asked Jane to marry him and was devastated when she turned down his proposal
E. John, who is 28, have asked Jane to marry him and was devastated when she turned down proposal
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John, who is a 28 year old man, asked Jane to marry him and was devastated when she turned down his proposal.
А. John, who is a 28-year-old man, asked Jane to marry him and was devastated when she turned down his proposal
Note that some answer choices use the phrase turned down his proposal while others use turned his proposal down. Both are correct.
B. John asked Jane, who is a 28-year-old man, to marry him and was devastated when she turned his proposal down
This answer choice is illogical. The relative clause who is a 28 year old man can only modify John. However, it follows Jane.
What helps us identify this question as a Relative Clause question as well as identify the mistake is the following Stop Sign: who, which, that, whose, whom
C. John, a 28-year-old man, asked Jane to marry him and were devastated when she turned down his proposal
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. The singular subject John does not agree with the plural verb were.
Note that stylistically, this answer choice is better than the original sentence as it is more concise: omitting the words who is (after John) retains the original meaning:
- John, who is a 28 year old man, has... = John, a 28 year old man, has...
However, grammar overrides style. While the correct answer can be stylistically flawed (i.e., redundant or ambiguous), it can NEVER be grammatically incorrect.
D. John, who is 28-year-old man, asked Jane to marry him and was devastated when she turned down his proposal
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. The singular noun man requires an article (e.g., a man, the man).
E. John, who is 28, have asked Jane to marry him and was devastated when she turned down proposal
This answer choice is grammatically incorrect. The singular subject John does not agree with the plural verb have.
Note that stylistically, this answer choice is better than the original sentence as it is more concise:
- John, who is a 28 year old man, asked... = John, who is 28, have...
However, grammar overrides style. While the correct answer can be stylistically flawed (i.e., redundant or ambiguous), it can NEVER be grammatically incorrect.
