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ex. john was sharering a house with a friend and his wife, who happened to speak Japanese.
In this case,
a friend and his wife spoke Japanese.
or
only his wife spoke Japanese
which is correct?
ex. john was sharering a house with a friend and his wife, who happened to speak Japanese.
In this case,
a friend and his wife spoke Japanese.
or
only his wife spoke Japanese
which is correct?
In this case,
a friend and his wife spoke Japanese.
or
only his wife spoke Japanese
which is correct?
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27 Apr 2018
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- Englisch (US)
sharing *
Technically it can be both, but if the friend AND the wife could speak Japanese, you would say:
"..., who BOTH happened to speak Japanese."
In your sentence, the context sounds like only the wife can speak Japanese 😁
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- Englisch (UK)
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- Filipino
share + ing = sharing*
only his wife spoke japanese <- correct.
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- Englisch (US)
@chanyama i think it should be
john shared a house with a friend and his wife, who able to speak japanese.
only his wife spoke japanese is the correct one.
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- Englisch (US)
sharing *
Technically it can be both, but if the friend AND the wife could speak Japanese, you would say:
"..., who BOTH happened to speak Japanese."
In your sentence, the context sounds like only the wife can speak Japanese 😁
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