Timeline for Is this grammatical? "This game will be decided by which team has the better strikers."
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May 26, 2017 at 3:43 | history | bumped | CommunityBot | This question has answers that may be good or bad; the system has marked it active so that they can be reviewed. | |
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Mar 17, 2017 at 12:01 | answer | added | Phylyp | timeline score: -1 | |
Mar 8, 2017 at 18:29 | comment | added | BillJ | Yes, it's fine. The expression "which team has the better strikers" is a subordinate interrogative clause (embedded question). The meaning is "This game will be decided by the answer to the question 'Which team has the better strikers?" | |
Mar 8, 2017 at 15:17 | history | edited | Man_From_India | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Mar 8, 2017 at 14:46 | comment | added | ColleenV | Hi Chad - I added your comment to your question. Understanding which part of the sentence seems wrong to you can help folks write better answers. If what I wrote isn't quite right, please feel free to edit your question to fix it. | |
Mar 8, 2017 at 14:41 | history | edited | ColleenV | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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Mar 8, 2017 at 14:18 | comment | added | ChadThunder | By being followed by that long a description which is not a gerund phrase just sounds wrong to me. | |
Mar 8, 2017 at 14:13 | comment | added | Mohd Zulkanien Sarbini | Tell us why you think it's wrong. | |
Mar 8, 2017 at 14:10 | history | asked | ChadThunder | CC BY-SA 3.0 |