English grammatical question

Question

I'm a native English speaker, but I'm just not sure about this sentence: Who, then, told me to make to eat a cookie, during the time in which I was taking a break.
Is that a complete sentence or is it a fragment'

Answer 1

I'd say it was an incomplete question since it is missing a grammatical element.

Subject = Who
main verb=told
me=indirect object
to make ''? to eat a cookie=prepositional phrase serving a noun clause or direct object
during the time in which I was taking a break. (elliptical, adverbial, subordinate clause)

No matter what, it is an awkward question in English.

Answer 2

My knowledge of English grammar is rather sketchy, and it would take a long time for me to go over my English grammars until I could analyse the whole thing, but it appears to be badly constructed, especially that "to make to eat". Otherwise, the whole line is, in itself, just a clause, not a full sentence.

Answer 3

i think you have too many "to"s in there.
i would say it more along the lines of "who, then, told me to make a cookie to eat, during the time in which i was taking a break."

Answer 4

Thanks, everyone. But that was a typo. I meant to write: Who, then, told me to eat a cookie, during the time in which I was taking a break.
Also, I didn't mean for it to be a question. Before in the paper, I was talking about a person.

Answer 5

In that case, the entire thing is just a clause as Lazurus stated, but the who should not be capitalized
I was talking to John, who....
(whether the comma is needed depends on whether the clause is in apposition or not.)

Katie said:

Thanks, everyone. But that was a typo. I meant to write: Who, then, told me to eat a cookie, during the time in which I was taking a break.Also, I didn't mean for it to be a question. Before in the paper, I was talking about a person.

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Answer 6

O.K. Thanks alot! I'll try to do that.

Answer 7

I agree with Quentin, and will just type out what he is suggesting.

..., who then told me to eat a cookie during the time in which I was taking a break.

I see no need for any commas in this clause.

Answer 8

Who, then, told me to eat a cookie, during the time in which I was taking a break.
Also, I didn't mean for it to be a question.

Then, "who" told me to eat a cookie dduring my break time.

Answer 9

Huh uh, Gus. Unless you are talking about one of the "Who's" whom Horton heard. Reread Quentin's reply, retyped in full by James Santiago so as to to leave no doubts.

By the way, @Kkatie, who did in fact tell you to eat a cookie? And why? Were you feeling weak?

Gus said:

Who, then, told me to eat a cookie, during the time in which I was taking a break. Also, I didn't mean for it to be a question.

Then, "who" told me to eat a cookie dduring my break time.

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Answer 10

during the time in which I was taking a break.
The above sounds ackward to me; that why I change it .

Janice said:

Huh uh, Gus. Unless you are talking about one of the "Who's" whom Horton heard. Reread Quentin's reply, retyped in full by James Santiago so as to to leave no doubts.By the way, @Kkatie, who did in fact tell you to eat a cookie? And why? Were you feeling weak?

Gus said:

Who, then, told me to eat a cookie, during the time in which I was taking a break.Also, I didn't mean for it to be a question.Then, "who" told me to eat a cookie dduring my break time.

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Answer 11

Lol. That's not what I really wrote. It was just an example.

Janice said:

Huh uh, Gus. Unless you are talking about one of the "Who's" whom Horton heard. Reread Quentin's reply, retyped in full by James Santiago so as to to leave no doubts.By the way, @Kkatie, who did in fact tell you to eat a cookie? And why? Were you feeling weak?

Gus said:

Who, then, told me to eat a cookie, during the time in which I was taking a break.Also, I didn't mean for it to be a question.Then, "who" told me to eat a cookie dduring my break time.

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Answer 12

My reason for writing who in quotation marks was that, I imagined two women talking while smoking outside their building? office,' and one of the women said to the other women, who'' while at the same time making quotation marks with her fingers.

'Smoking inside public buildings is not allowed in Montgomery County, Maryland.

I hope this explanation is sactisfactory.

''Not wanting to mention the person by name, she just say who and at the same time making the quotation marks with her fingers.

Gus said:

during the time in which I was taking a break.The above sounds ackward to me; that why I change it .

Janice said:

Huh uh, Gus. Unless you are talking about one of the "Who's" whom Horton heard. Reread Quentin's reply, retyped in full by James Santiago so as to to leave no doubts.By the way, @Kkatie, who did in fact tell you to eat a cookie? And why? Were you feeling weak?

Gus said:

Who, then, told me to eat a cookie, during the time in which I was taking a break.Also, I didn't mean for it to be a question.Then, "who" told me to eat a cookie dduring my break time.

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Answer 13

I with all due respect, object to the corrections made.

Janice said:

Huh uh, Gus. Unless you are talking about one of the "Who's" whom Horton heard. Reread Quentin's reply, retyped in full by James Santiago so as to to leave no doubts.By the way, @Kkatie, who did in fact tell you to eat a cookie? And why? Were you feeling weak?

Gus said:

Who, then, told me to eat a cookie, during the time in which I was taking a break.Also, I didn't mean for it to be a question.Then, "who" told me to eat a cookie dduring my break time.

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Answer 14

I meant to write, with all due respect, I object to the corrections made

Gus said:

I with all due respect, object to the corrections made.

Janice said:

Huh uh, Gus. Unless you are talking about one of the "Who's" whom Horton heard. Reread Quentin's reply, retyped in full by James Santiago so as to to leave no doubts.By the way, @Kkatie, who did in fact tell you to eat a cookie? And why? Were you feeling weak?

Gus said:

Who, then, told me to eat a cookie, during the time in which I was taking a break.Also, I didn't mean for it to be a question.Then, "who" told me to eat a cookie dduring my break time.

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Answer 15

Yes, I see..You are right, it sounds awkward. And yes, I can imagine the quotation marks...and the undercurrent. Although I guess that one would probably have prefixed the "who" in your example with "You know". Certainly it is common enough.to talk about "you know who" when not wanting to mention a name and certain that your conversation partner knows "whom" you mean.

Gus said:

during the time in which I was taking a break. The above sounds ackward to me; that why I change it .

Janice said:

Huh uh, Gus. Unless you are talking about one of the "Who's" whom Horton heard. Reread Quentin's reply, retyped in full by James Santiago so as to to leave no doubts.By the way, @Kkatie, who did in fact tell you to eat a cookie? And why? Were you feeling weak?

Gus said:

Who, then, told me to eat a cookie, during the time in which I was taking a break.Also, I didn't mean for it to be a question.Then, "who" told me to eat a cookie dduring my break time.

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