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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Among all my so called friends there is not any one whom I would like to understand me.

I have a feeling that the above sentence is wrong but can't understand why.It might have to do with the use of whom. Can someone explain with example?
  

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'Whom' is correct in the sentence, but the meaning of the sentence seems rather odd. Are you saying that you don't want any of your friends to understand you? I would use 'so-called' instead of 'so called' and 'anyone' instead of 'any one'.

— Cosmia

  • 'Whom' is correct in the sentence, but the meaning of the sentence seems rather odd.
  • Are you saying that you don't want any of your friends to understand you?
  • I would use 'so-called' instead of 'so called' and 'anyone' instead of 'any one'.
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'Whom' is correct in the sentence, but the meaning of the sentence seems rather odd. Are you saying that you don't want any of your friends to understand you?

I would use 'so-called' instead of 'so called' and 'anyone' instead of 'any one'.
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Thanks.
CosmiaAre you saying that you don't want any of your friends to understand you?
Yes. Does the original sentence fail to convey that? Please suggest a better sentence.
I guess I could simply say 'I don't want any of my so-called friends to understand me" and avoid the complexity. I thought putting 'Among all' at the beginning would start the sentence
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Yeah that makes sense. I would probably use this:

Among all my so-called friends there is not anyone I would like to understand me.
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