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Is the sentence "A tiara is for the ones who are beautiful" grammatically correct? Please support your answer with a valid reason.

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[+3] - PUNKEY - 12/07/2014A tiara is for the one who is beautiful" Tiaras are for the ones who are beautiful"

@Aastha Rajan,

Yes, it is correct. The "reason" is that I am a native speaker of English. Smile

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@fresco,

I am not a native speaker, but I agree with fresco: your sentence is correct Smile

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A tiara is for the one who is beautiful"

Tiaras are for the ones who are beautiful"

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@PUNKEY,

There are other ways to write the sentence, but the grammar in the sentence is correct, though there might be a comma after tiara. It would also help to have the sentence in context of a paragraph.

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@DNA Thumbs drive,

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...though there might be a comma after tiara

DNA, I puzzle a bit over this

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@DNA Thumbs drive,

Well I said that I might put a comma after Tiara, to include a rational pause. However a sentence can change meaning, or be nonsensical, if it is taken out of the paragraph to which is part of, this is what context means. Why would you be puzzling over me? am I important to you for some reason?

I also ask my wife, who is a professional business editor. She said that she would write the sentence different, which does not make it grammatically wrong however.

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@DNA Thumbs drive,

DNA Thumbs drive wrote:

She said that she would write the sentence different, which does not make it grammatically wrong however.

Although it does make the above such.

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@Aastha Rajan,

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Is the sentence "A tiara is for the ones who are beautiful" grammatically correct? Please support your answer with a valid reason.

It is a strange sentence.
Try
Tiaras are for the beautiful.
A tiara is meant only to be worn by a beautiful woman.
A tiara should only be worn by .....

or similar construction.

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@izzythepush,

Please elaborate.....?

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@DNA Thumbs drive,

Write is a verb so it needs an adverb not an adjective. "She would write the sentence differently" Or you could say "she would write a different sentence."

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@DNA Thumbs drive,

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to include a rational pause

Yes, no, sorry DNA, but not to me

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this is what context means

Yes of course DNA, no q whatever

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Why would you be puzzling over me?

Puzzling over comma

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am I important to you

To be sure

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I also ask my wife

Mine is much smarter than me

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@DNA Thumbs drive,

DNA Thumbs drive wrote:

though there might be a comma after tiara

NO!!!

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@DNA Thumbs drive,

DNA Thumbs drive wrote:

Well I said that I might put a comma after Tiara, to include a rational pause.

Pauses when reading aloud are an unreliable guide to punctuation.

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@contrex,

DNA dumb driver is going through his rite of passage:

in another thread, Dumb driver wrote:

is a right of passage.

And this guy is teaching English to ESLs? Rolling Eyes

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Why is there so much rubbish written on these EFL threads ?

The OP asked if the original sentence was GRAMMATICAL which it is!

compare...
A tie (sing)is required by men (plural) who wish to dine at this restaurant.

Of course stylistic alternatives can be suggested, but the grammaticality of the original to a native speaker is not in doubt.

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@fresco,

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Why is there so much rubbish written on these EFL threads ?

"A tie is required by men who wish to dine at this restaurant."

Therefore a group of men need to have at least one tie between them.

What of:

A tie is required to be worn (around the neck of a shirt with a collar) by all men who wish to dine at this restaurant. (Anyone without long pants will be looked upon ... )

Or :

Ties must be worn by men who wish to dine at this restaurant.

grammatical help!!!

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