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Goldfish Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

defining relative clause

in which cases a relative pronoun can be omitted?(except when its an object of relative clause) please answer me based on advanced points by examples,thanks alot in advance.
  

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goldfish I n which cases can a relative pronoun can be omitted (except when it ’ s an object of the relative clause) ? It is often optional when it’s not the subject of the relative clause.

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  • goldfish I n which cases can a relative pronoun can be omitted (except when it ’ s an object of the relative clause) ?
  • It is often optional when it’s not the subject of the relative clause.
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goldfishIn which cases can a relative pronoun can be omitted (except when it’s an object of the relative clause)?
It is often optional w
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I need more explanations, please.
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The relative pronoun of a defining relative clause is omissible when:

1. it is complement to a stranded preposition: those books [which] I referred to
2. it is object of a verb: the applicants [who(m)] we interviewed
3. it is subject of an embedded content clause: The woman [who] I thought was my sister turned out to be a
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Aspara GusThe relative pronoun of a defining relative clause is omissible when:1. it is complement to a stranded preposition: those books [which] I referred to2. it is object of a verb: the applicants [who] we interviewed3. it is subject of an embedded content clause: The woman [who] I thought was my sister turned out to be a total stranger.
3. it is subject o
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AnonymousI cannot understand how [who] is the subject of an embedded content clause in this context
The woman who I thought __ was my sister turned out to be a total stranger.

__ was my sister is the content clause, with the gap being understood as the antecedent “the woman”.

Likewise,

those books which I refe
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