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Zuotengdazuo Posted 9 years ago
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In regards to who/whoever is running this underworld

We have several suspects in regards to who is running this underworld, but nothing concrete as of yet.
Source: From a news release from a game called "va11 halla"

Hi. Does the underlined part imply "in regards to (the person) who is running this underworld"?
And can we use "whoever" and "who" interchangeably here?
Thank you.

  

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We have several suspects in regard to [ who is running this underworld] , but nothing concrete as of yet. The underlined expression is a preposition phrase, and the bracketed bit is a subordinate interrogative clause (embedded question) functioning as complement to the preposition "to". '" , but nothing concrete as of yet.

— BillJ

  • We have several suspects in regard to [ who is running this underworld] , but nothing concrete as of yet.
  • The underlined expression is a preposition phrase, and the bracketed bit is a subordinate interrogative clause (embedded question) functioning as complement to the preposition "to".
  • '" , but nothing concrete as of yet.
  • "
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We have several suspects in regard to [who is running this underworld], but nothing concrete as of yet.

The underlined expression is a preposition phrase, and the bracketed bit is a subordinate interrogative clause (embedded question) functioning as complement to the preposition "to".

The meaning is:

"We have several suspects in re

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zuotengdazuoDoes the underlined part imply "in regards to (the person) who is running this underworld"?

Yes.

zuotengdazuoAnd can we use "whoever" and "who" interchangeably here?

'Regards' is wrong; it should be 'regard'. 'Who' is also wrong; it should be 'whoever'.

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