parafrazy sprawdzenie

Bardzo prosze o sprawdzenie ponizszych parafraz:) :
1. A man answered the phone. He said that Tom was out.
THE MAN WHO answered the phone said that Tom was out.
2. Peggy lives next door. She is a friend of mine.
PEGGY, WHO lives next door, is a friend of mine.
3. 'Don't treat these animals so badly', said Brigitte to the farmer.
BRIGITTE TOLD THE FARMER not to treat these animals so badly.
4. Wordsworth lived in the Lake District. Many people consider him a great poet.
WORDSWORTH, WHOM many people consider a great poet, lived in the Like District.
5. She showed him in.
HE WAS showed in by her
6. Wellington defeated Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo. It was fought in 1815.

>3. 'Don't treat these animals so badly', said Brigitte to the farmer.
>BRIGITTE TOLD THE FARMER not to treat {those} animals so badly.
>4. Wordsworth lived in the Lake District. Many people consider him a
>great poet.
>WORDSWORTH, WHOM many people consider a great poet, lived in the {Lake}
>District.
>5. She showed him in.
>HE WAS {shown} in by her.
>6. Wellington defeated Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo. It was
>fought in 1815.
Wellington defeated Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo, which was fought in 1815.

dzieki :)

Engee , why did you throw out "showed", you don't like it ? :)

Could these be ok too ?

It was the battle of Waterloo where Wellington defeated Napolen in 1815.
It was in 1815 when Wellington defeated Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo.

>Engee , why did you throw out "showed", you don't like it ? :)
I'm afraid to say that 'showed' is a damn ancient form of the past participle of the verb 'show' - you'd better not make any use of it in exams, you'll defenitely get a red card :( That sentence is in the passive, and in the passive you're meant to apply the proper past participle verb forms.

>Could these be ok too ?
>
>It was the battle of Waterloo where Wellington defeated Napolen in
>1815.
>It was in 1815 when Wellington defeated Napoleon at the battle of
>Waterloo.
grammatically, they're fine, but they're not okay in that exercise, I reckon, unless you are supposed to use the structures of 'it-clefting' :/

>How do you know ? :) Are you 100 % sure ?
I read a damn lot on English grammar - you're nuts about a sound English, so to speak, and I am nuts about all that you can read or write in English :P

Over 100% I am sure about that - it seems that the form 'showed' is sorta fine as long as it is used in an active voice sentence, as in:
None of my friends has showed up.
But when it comes to the passive voice, it's considered bad English when you use 'showed' instead of 'shown' :/

Ok if you say so, bud :)

I should have thought there must be some notes on such usage in your 23-or-so-volume Oxford® dictionary :?

Of course they are but I don't believe them :)joking ,I knew about "showed" of course but you know, these days everything should be treated with reserve until it has been fully checked even if it's the most reliable source of the writthen word :)

Wellington defeated Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo. It was fought in 1815.

Napoleon was defeated at the battle of Waterloo which was fought in 1815.