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TasmanTiger Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

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Hello,

I'd like to ask about these sentences :

I who live in the mountain am very healthy. (?)

I , who live in the mountain , am very healthy. (?)

Which one is right? Both are wrong?

I was thinking that Pronoun can't be modified by adjectives.

Am I well-informed ?

Thanks,

Good day!
  

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TasmanTiger I , who live in the mountain , am very healthy. Technically, the sentence above is correct if you remove the spaces after I and mountain . Commas should be used since the relative clause is very clearly non-restrictive/non-defining.

— Cool Breeze

  • TasmanTiger I , who live in the mountain , am very healthy.
  • Technically, the sentence above is correct if you remove the spaces after I and mountain .
  • Commas should be used since the relative clause is very clearly non-restrictive/non-defining.
  • No grammatical rule prevents a relative pronoun from referring to a personal pronoun, and a well known example of that is Dusty Springfield's song I Who Have Nothing.
  • ) However, this usage is commonly avoided and consequently your sentence sounds quite unnatural.
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TasmanTiger I , who live in the mountain , am very healthy.
Technically, the sentence above is correct if you remove the spaces after I and mountain. Commas should be used since the relative clause is very clearly non-restrictive/non-defining. No grammatical rule prevents a relative pronoun from referring to a personal pronoun, and a well
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What do you think about this one?

I living in the mountain am very healthy.
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TasmanTiger I living in the mountain am very healthy.
Wrong. Never used.

CB
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If so,

I , living in the mountain, am very healthy.

Comparing to the former , this one is OK?
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No, but you could use a causal clause equivalent:

Living in the mountains, I am very healthy.
= Because I live in the mountains, I am very healthy.

I might prefer saying in a mountainous area.

CB
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Oh, I see!

This will be my final question:

I was thinking that Pronoun can't be modified by adjectives.

What do you think about this rule?
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TasmanTiger Pronoun can't be modified by adjectives.
Perhaps not. I never thought of it. I have never seen that rule anywhere, though.

CB

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Thank you for replying, CB

Good day!
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