In a clear admission that students in West Bengal need better communication skills in English than what they can boast of now, the West Bengal University of Technology (WBUT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the British Council at the Council’s library in Kolkata this morning.
The admission of the lacunae that some of us have with the language of the "sahibs" is heartening as well as frightening in some sense.
So, what do you all think?
BTW - A small quiz for all of you linguists
Which of the following is correct?
1. Nobody likes a dog that bites
2. Nobody likes a dog which bites
Post your answers in the comment.... As for me, English is not my cup of tea :-)
9 comments:
Both seem to be OK...aren't they?
Sentence One is correct
1 is correct.
MS word says both are correct --- is this a joke or a haox etc? where is the answer?
It depends on the meaning you're trying to convey. The relative pronoun that is restrictive (defining), and the relative pronoun which is nonrestrictive (describing).
So, saying that "Nobody likes a dog which bites" is similar to saying people don't like dogs because dogs bite -- "which bite" describing dogs.
However, saying "Nobody likes a dog that bites" restricts the observation to a particular dog, one that bites.
Hmmm -- interesting observations. I will throw in my two cents with my version of the answer tomorrow. Let others catch up. Thanks for responding to all of you anyways.
I think the first one is right. Also, there should be a full stop at the end of the sentence.
How about "Nobody likes a dog who bites?" Hmmmm....
If we strictly have to pick up from the given choices, I'd pick number one.
I dont know bout English but ebonics say..
aint nobody like dogg dat bites
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