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Chloee Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Leaving out the subject

I am not sure whether it is possible here to leave out the subject which is a pronoun. This is a sentence, the subject is in bold :

Companies that do not have corporate legal departments use the services of a law firm in a case when (they are) unfamiliar with national and international laws.

Thank you in advance.
  

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No. You can't leave out they are in that sentence. "in a case when" is a phrase that needs its own subject and verb.

— CalifJim

  • No.
  • You can't leave out they are in that sentence.
  • "in a case when" is a phrase that needs its own subject and verb.
  • CJ
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No. You can't leave out they are in that sentence. "in a case when" is a phrase that needs its own subject and verb.

CJ
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