A wife who really loved him would make concessions.

[homotopy07]

(1) A wife who really loved him would make concessions.
[From a grammar book for Japanese high school students. (emphasis mine)]

(2) A wife would make concessions if she really loved him.

Question: Is it possible to rephrase (1) as (2)?

 

[lingobingo]

It’s sort-of OK as a paraphrase, but it reads oddly with “a wife” as the subject.

The point of the original – “If he had a wife who really loved him, she would…” – is lost.

 

[homotopy07]

It’s logical as a paraphrase, but it reads oddly with “a wife” as the subject.

Thanks, lingo.

 

[lingobingo]

Sorry – I tweaked it.

 

[homotopy07]

The point of the original – “If he had a wife who really loved him, she would…” – is lost.

Thanks a lot, lingo.