"I received a gift that you can't even imagine how precious it was." Is it grammatically correct?
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Yes, it is correct.
"That" is used as a conjunction here. It is not a relative pronoun!
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People SAY stuff like this all the time and it's OK. Probably the person started the sentence and then changed their plan: "I just received a gift that -- you can't even imagine how precious it was."
But in writing this sentence looks bad and is definitely incorrect. It is better as two sentences or a compound sentence:
I just received a gift. You can't even imagine how precious it was.
I just received a gift and you can't even imagine how precious it was.
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Was the gift precious to you at that time but for some reason it is no longer precious now?
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"I just received a gift that you cannot even imagine how precious it was for me".
For some obscure reason it sounds good for me with these small amendments and apart from that I see no reason why this one wouldn't fit actually for the proper English.It's quite cogitable and technically correct, isn't it?
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No. The two clauses should either be separate or reorganized: "You can't even imagine how precious the gift that I received was" works.
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