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Perfect Stranger Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
[grammar question] where should I place the apostrophe in this sentence?
Dear Users,
Is there any way to paraphrase this sentence into one with 's?
Do you remember the name of that girl from New York whom Tom liked?
This one doesn't work I suppose, but I'm not sure why.
Do you remember that New York girl's name whom Tom liked?
Thanks
Is there any way to paraphrase this sentence into one with 's?
Do you remember the name of that girl from New York whom Tom liked?
This one doesn't work I suppose, but I'm not sure why.
Do you remember that New York girl's name whom Tom liked?
Thanks
Top answer
Do you remember the name of that girl from New York whom Tom liked? I can't think of a natural one. Do you remember that New York girl's name whom Tom liked?
- Do you remember the name of that girl from New York whom Tom liked?
- I can't think of a natural one.
- Do you remember that New York girl's name whom Tom liked?
- The 'whom' appears to have 'name' as its antecedent.
- That's why it doesn't work.
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Perfect StrangerIs there any way to paraphrase this sentence into one with 's?Do you remember the name of that girl from New York whom Tom liked?I can't think of a natural one.
Perfect StrangerThis one doesn't work I suppose, but I'm not sure why.Do you remember that New York girl's name whom Tom liked?The 'whom' appears t
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fivejedjonThe 'whom' appears to have 'name' as its antecedent. That's why it doesn't work.Thank you for you answer. I'm not sure if I'm following though...
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