Is the following sentence correct?
I spent two hours talking to John I'd met only once before.
I think we must use a relative pronoun after "John". Am I right?
Omar Ahmed Is the following sentence correct? I spent two hours talking to John I'd met only once before. No.
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Omar AhmedIs the following sentence correct?
I spent two hours talking to John I'd met only once before.
No.
Omar AhmedI think we must use a relative pronoun after "John". Am I right?
Yes. 'who' or, if you want to be very formal, 'whom'.
And don't forget the comma after "John".
CJ