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"Which (is/were/was)" isn't the only way to start a relative clause. For example, I could rewrite your assignment answer as "Which (is/were/was)" isn't the only way to start a relative clause. For example, I could rewrite your assignment answer as We went to a big pizza restaurant on the outskirts of town which was run by two Italian brothers who are called Gino and Rino.

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This question is about a part of an exercise where I have to "Rewrite sentences to make one sentence with a complex noun phrase". That's the wording. I'm forced to use premodifiers, postmodifiers, relative clauses, relative pronouns...etc (the exercise is about noun phrases). THE GIVEN SENTENCE IS: We went to a restaurant. It was big. It was a pizza restaurant. It was on the outskirts of town. It was run by two Italian brothers. They were called Gino and Rino. So I have to start the rewritten sentence with "We went..." MY REWRITTEN SENTENCE We went to a big pizza restaurant which was on the outskirts of town which was run by two Italian brothers which were called Gino and Rino. That's all the explanation of the exercise and what I did. Now what I want to ask, is that if this sounds natural, or a little bit forced, if you think that is incorrect for the exercise...etc. I read in the British council website, that "There may be more than one postmodifier". So I guess that in theory you can chain a lot of relative clauses...Yes, but I don't know, it just doesn't feel natural for me that sentence with a lot of "which" repetition. In a casual conversation, I would have said: We went to a big pizza restaurant which was on the outskirts of town, run by two Italian brothers called Gino and Rino. So what do you think about all of this? Regarding my rewritten sentence, would that be correct for the exercise? And regarding how it sounds, is it natural for you or not? Would my last sentence be ok if we are not talking about the exercise? (2)

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"Which (is/were/was)" isn't the only way to start a relative clause. For example, I could rewrite your assignment answer as

We went to a big pizza restaurant that was on the outskirts of town, which was run by two Italian brothers who are called Gino and Rino.

The second sentence is fine and natural. You can even drop "which was": a big pizza restaurant on the outskirts of town.

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"Which (is/were/was)" isn't the only way to start a relative clause. For example, I could rewrite your assignment answer as

We went to a big pizza restaurant that was on the outskirts of town, which was run by two Italian brothers who are called Gino and Rino.

The second sentence is fine and natural. You can even drop "which was": a big pizza restaurant on the outskirts of town.

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This question is about a part of an exercise where I have to "Rewrite sentences to make one sentence with a complex noun phrase". That's the wording. I'm forced to use premodifiers, postmodifiers, relative clauses, relative pronouns...etc (the exercise is about noun phrases). THE GIVEN SENTENCE IS: We went to a restaurant. It was big. It was a pizza restaurant. It was on the outskirts of town. It was run by two Italian brothers. They were called Gino and Rino. So I have to start the rewritten sentence with "We went..." MY REWRITTEN SENTENCE We went to a big pizza restaurant which was on the outskirts of town which was run by two Italian brothers which were called Gino and Rino. That's all the explanation of the exercise and what I did. Now what I want to ask, is that if this sounds natural, or a little bit forced, if you think that is incorrect for the exercise...etc. I read in the British council website, that "There may be more than one postmodifier". So I guess that in theory you can chain a lot of relative clauses...Yes, but I don't know, it just doesn't feel natural for me that sentence with a lot of "which" repetition. In a casual conversation, I would have said: We went to a big pizza restaurant which was on the outskirts of town, run by two Italian brothers called Gino and Rino. So what do you think about all of this? Regarding my rewritten sentence, would that be correct for the exercise? And regarding how it sounds, is it natural for you or not? Would my last sentence be ok if we are not talking about the exercise? (11)

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@jimpjorps Your answer to my assignment is really clear, but could you delete the comma and change "that" with "which". I mean, I know you can use commas with relative clauses and you can use "that", but I kinda feel that I should not use commas and "that". Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't if I should use that

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We went to a big pizza restaurant on the outskirts of town which was run by two Italian brothers who are called Gino and Rino.

You know more about the assignment than I do, but I don't think it implies that every single structure in the sentence has to be part of the same noun phrase.

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This question is about a part of an exercise where I have to "Rewrite sentences to make one sentence with a complex noun phrase". That's the wording. I'm forced to use premodifiers, postmodifiers, relative clauses, relative pronouns...etc (the exercise is about noun phrases). THE GIVEN SENTENCE IS: We went to a restaurant. It was big. It was a pizza restaurant. It was on the outskirts of town. It was run by two Italian brothers. They were called Gino and Rino. So I have to start the rewritten sentence with "We went..." MY REWRITTEN SENTENCE We went to a big pizza restaurant which was on the outskirts of town which was run by two Italian brothers which were called Gino and Rino. That's all the explanation of the exercise and what I did. Now what I want to ask, is that if this sounds natural, or a little bit forced, if you think that is incorrect for the exercise...etc. I read in the British council website, that "There may be more than one postmodifier". So I guess that in theory you can chain a lot of relative clauses...Yes, but I don't know, it just doesn't feel natural for me that sentence with a lot of "which" repetition. In a casual conversation, I would have said: We went to a big pizza restaurant which was on the outskirts of town, run by two Italian brothers called Gino and Rino. So what do you think about all of this? Regarding my rewritten sentence, would that be correct for the exercise? And regarding how it sounds, is it natural for you or not? Would my last sentence be ok if we are not talking about the exercise? (19)

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@jimpjorps the statement was about making a complex noun phrase, and all the exercises I was doing were about making a single long noun phrase, so that's why I thought I needed to make one single noun phrase

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@jimpjorps I just want to make a final note. Although I marked that answer as the solution, I changed one word because it fit my situation in a better way.

Then, what I actually answered for my exercise was:

"We went to a big pizza restaurant that was on the outskirts of town, which was run by two Italian brothers who were called Gino and Rino."

(I tell this just to perfect this question for those who may read it in the future)

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This question is about a part of an exercise where I have to "Rewrite sentences to make one sentence with a complex noun phrase". That's the wording. I'm forced to use premodifiers, postmodifiers, relative clauses, relative pronouns...etc (the exercise is about noun phrases). THE GIVEN SENTENCE IS: We went to a restaurant. It was big. It was a pizza restaurant. It was on the outskirts of town. It was run by two Italian brothers. They were called Gino and Rino. So I have to start the rewritten sentence with "We went..." MY REWRITTEN SENTENCE We went to a big pizza restaurant which was on the outskirts of town which was run by two Italian brothers which were called Gino and Rino. That's all the explanation of the exercise and what I did. Now what I want to ask, is that if this sounds natural, or a little bit forced, if you think that is incorrect for the exercise...etc. I read in the British council website, that "There may be more than one postmodifier". So I guess that in theory you can chain a lot of relative clauses...Yes, but I don't know, it just doesn't feel natural for me that sentence with a lot of "which" repetition. In a casual conversation, I would have said: We went to a big pizza restaurant which was on the outskirts of town, run by two Italian brothers called Gino and Rino. So what do you think about all of this? Regarding my rewritten sentence, would that be correct for the exercise? And regarding how it sounds, is it natural for you or not? Would my last sentence be ok if we are not talking about the exercise? (28)

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This question is about a part of an exercise where I have to "Rewrite sentences to make one sentence with a complex noun phrase". That's the wording. I'm forced to use premodifiers, postmodifiers, relative clauses, relative pronouns...etc (the exercise is about noun phrases). THE GIVEN SENTENCE IS: We went to a restaurant. It was big. It was a pizza restaurant. It was on the outskirts of town. It was run by two Italian brothers. They were called Gino and Rino. So I have to start the rewritten sentence with "We went..." MY REWRITTEN SENTENCE We went to a big pizza restaurant which was on the outskirts of town which was run by two Italian brothers which were called Gino and Rino. That's all the explanation of the exercise and what I did. Now what I want to ask, is that if this sounds natural, or a little bit forced, if you think that is incorrect for the exercise...etc. I read in the British council website, that "There may be more than one postmodifier". So I guess that in theory you can chain a lot of relative clauses...Yes, but I don't know, it just doesn't feel natural for me that sentence with a lot of "which" repetition. In a casual conversation, I would have said: We went to a big pizza restaurant which was on the outskirts of town, run by two Italian brothers called Gino and Rino. So what do you think about all of this? Regarding my rewritten sentence, would that be correct for the exercise? And regarding how it sounds, is it natural for you or not? Would my last sentence be ok if we are not talking about the exercise? (29)What’s this symbol?

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This question is about a part of an exercise where I have to "Rewrite sentences to make one sentence with a complex noun phrase". That's the wording. I'm forced to use premodifiers, postmodifiers, relative clauses, relative pronouns...etc (the exercise is about noun phrases). THE GIVEN SENTENCE IS: We went to a restaurant. It was big. It was a pizza restaurant. It was on the outskirts of town. It was run by two Italian brothers. They were called Gino and Rino. So I have to start the rewritten sentence with "We went..." MY REWRITTEN SENTENCE We went to a big pizza restaurant which was on the outskirts of town which was run by two Italian brothers which were called Gino and Rino. That's all the explanation of the exercise and what I did. Now what I want to ask, is that if this sounds natural, or a little bit forced, if you think that is incorrect for the exercise...etc. I read in the British council website, that "There may be more than one postmodifier". So I guess that in theory you can chain a lot of relative clauses...Yes, but I don't know, it just doesn't feel natural for me that sentence with a lot of "which" repetition. In a casual conversation, I would have said: We went to a big pizza restaurant which was on the outskirts of town, run by two Italian brothers called Gino and Rino. So what do you think about all of this? Regarding my rewritten sentence, would that be correct for the exercise? And regarding how it sounds, is it natural for you or not? Would my last sentence be ok if we are not talking about the exercise? (30)

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