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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

If there are 2 people that I don't

Is this something that an English speaker would say? Is it natural?
If there are 2 people that I don't want to see, it's them.

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It's accepted, but not considered totally correct by some strict [ old-fashioned ] grammarians.

— Philip

  • It's accepted, but not considered totally correct by some strict [ old-fashioned ] grammarians.
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It's accepted, but not considered totally correct by some strict [ old-fashioned ] grammarians.
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Hi, Would you tell me what is not totally correct please?
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It's acceptable, as Philip says.

I believe this would be the old-fashioned approach: If there are two people whom I don't want to see, it's they.
Or, to make it even more stilted: If there are two people whom I do not want to see, it is they.


I can't imagine anyone actually saying either in conversation, though. You may hear 'whom', but I don't think
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That is exactly what I wrote, but I don't think Philip meant that. What did you mean philip?
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AnonymousThat is exactly what I wrote, but I don't think Philip meant that. What did you mean philip?
Those who still cling to the Latin-based grammatical rules would want they. Common usage uses them. [ English has no separate set of disjunctive pronouns, as in French moi, toi, eux for use here. ]
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