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Relative clause and Participle

English Language & Usage Asked on May 2, 2021

  1. Father bought a car which is BMW.

Is it right to say:

—> Father bought a BMW car

  1. The apples that are lying on the table are bad.

Are these correct grammatically:

—> the apples lying on the table are bad.
—> the lying apples are on the table.

One Answer

'Father bought a BMW' is the most natural way to express this, unless you want to contrast with some other mode of transport produced by BMW, such as in

'Father bought a BMW car (, and not a BMW moto).'

The other expressions are fine, except

The lying apples are on the table

sounds funny because my first reaction to this sentence is that you are saying that the apples are liars, because 'lying' is the ing form of 'to lie', which means both to recline and to tell a lie (fib, untruth). To avoid this, stick with 'the apples are lying on the table'.

Answered by Arm the good guys in America on May 2, 2021

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