Sentence problem help!

English grammar questions, answered by Alan

Moderator: Alan

Locked
User avatar
insungs
Member
Posts: 1
Joined: Thu Jun 30, 2016 5:26 am
Status: Learner of English

Sentence problem help!

Post by insungs »

They have been disassociated from what their identity was
Is this sentence awkward?
They have been disassociated from what was their identity

Is there a meaning difference between these two sentences?
User avatar
Alan
Teacher/Moderator
Teacher/Moderator
Posts: 15204
Joined: Mon Dec 29, 2003 7:56 pm
Status: Teacher of English
Location: Japan

Re: Sentence problem help!

Post by Alan »

Both are grammatical and they are essentially identical in meaning.

#2 is slightly the more natural of the two.
Locked