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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Modifiers
"(...)Andrew Wedeman, a professor of political science at Georgia State University who studies corruption in China."
I thought that who should be preceded by the pronoun that is modified. But is my observation about this subject wrong?
I thought that who should be preceded by the pronoun that is modified. But is my observation about this subject wrong?
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Anonymous I thought that who should be preceded by the pronoun that is modified. 'Who' is a pronoun. In this case, it follows the noun phrase to which it refers ('a professor of political science at Georgia State University').
- Anonymous I thought that who should be preceded by the pronoun that is modified.
- 'Who' is a pronoun.
- In this case, it follows the noun phrase to which it refers ('a professor of political science at Georgia State University').
- Is that your concern?
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AnonymousI thought that who should be preceded by the pronoun that is modified.'Who' is a pronoun. In this case, it follows the noun phrase to which it refers ('a professor of political science at Georgia State University'). Is that your concern?
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