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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
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"You know how I think they choose people for the Gryffindor team?" said Malfoy loudly a few minutes later, as Snape awarded Hufflepuff another penalty for no reason at all. "It's people they feel sorry for. See, there's Potter, who's got no parents, then there's the Weasleys, who've got no money -- you should be on the team, Longbottom, you've got no brains."

In the yellow block, does it indicate ‘people for the Gryffindor team’?
There's an omitted relative pronoun, whom after people, isn't it?
  

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eipjoo In the yellow block, does it indicate ‘people for the Gryffindor team’? No, 'It' = how they choose people. eipjoo There's an omitted relative pronoun, 'whom', after people, isn't there ?

— Mister Micawber

  • eipjoo In the yellow block, does it indicate ‘people for the Gryffindor team’?
  • No, 'It' = how they choose people.
  • eipjoo There's an omitted relative pronoun, 'whom', after people, isn't there ?
  • Or 'that'.
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eipjooIn the yellow block, does it indicate ‘people for the Gryffindor team’?
No, 'It' = how they choose people.
eipjooThere's an omitted relative pronoun, 'whom', after people, isn't there?
Or 'that'.
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Mister Micawber'It' = how they choose people.
I don’t understand yet: ‘How they choose people’ is people whom they feel sorry for, does not make sense for me.
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A referential pronoun does not require that the referent fit into the grammar: it is a conceptual relationship.
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eipjoo"You know how I think they choose people for the Gryffindor team?" said Malfoy loudly a few minutes later, as Snape awarded Hufflepuff another penalty for no reason at all. "It's people they feel sorry for. ... There's an omitted relative pronoun, whom after people, isn't it there?
Yes. I se
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