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BAYRAM ERDEM Posted 12 years ago
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Adonis
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Could you please check and correct the sentence below? Is it grammatically correct?
Adonis is the mortal whom Aphrodite fell in love with the beautiful youth of him.
Could you please check and correct the sentence below? Is it grammatically correct?
Adonis is the mortal whom Aphrodite fell in love with the beautiful youth of him.
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No, it isn't correct. If you stop with the word with, it is correct: Adonis is the mortal whom Aphrodite fell in love with. I'm not sure what the last phrase, the beautiful youth of him refers to...
- No, it isn't correct.
- If you stop with the word with, it is correct: Adonis is the mortal whom Aphrodite fell in love with.
- I'm not sure what the last phrase, the beautiful youth of him refers to...
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No, it isn't correct. 
If you stop with the wordwith, it is correct:
Adonis is the mortal whom Aphrodite fell in
If you stop with the wordwith, it is correct:Adonis is the mortal whom Aphrodite fell in
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ElanguestAdonis is the mortal whom Aphrodite fell in love with.If I were to use whom, I wouldn't leave the preposition to dangle:
Adonis is the mortal with whom Aphrodite fell in love.
It seems better style to me.
These are also possible, but more casual:
Adonis is the mortal who Aphrodite fell in lo
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Or you could say,
Aphrodite fell in love with the beautiful mortal youth Adonis.
Aphrodite fell in love with the beautiful mortal youth Adonis.
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