Timeline for A relative clause for this sentence
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| Feb 18, 2018 at 11:14 | answer | added | TimR | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 17, 2018 at 20:11 | answer | added | Jeff Morrow | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 17, 2018 at 19:12 | comment | added | Ahmad | @FumbleFingers I see, you mean #1 lacks a "that/which" to be grammatical. | |
| Feb 17, 2018 at 19:04 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Note that the first one to do it means the same as the first one that/which did it. | |
| Feb 17, 2018 at 19:00 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | #1 is wrong because the first satellite orbited the earth successfully is syntactically a complete sentence - though an unlikely one, since it would require a context where first was clearly distinguished from others (such as the second and third satellites, which by implication failed to achieve orbit anyway). But in your cited context, the first satellite to successfully orbit the earth is simply an optional additional clause "defining, providing further details about" the preceding noun Sputnik. | |
| Feb 17, 2018 at 18:13 | comment | added | Lambie | the first satellite to orbit the Earth successfully. Also, that internet thing is wrong. It was developed by the US military. | |
| Feb 17, 2018 at 18:02 | history | asked | Ahmad | CC BY-SA 3.0 |