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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Pronoun

For instance: I must understand the motives of those who sent me this letter.

Assuming the above is right, how do we write it for singular?
I must understand the motives of she who sent me this letter.

Thanks,
Arjun
  

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Anonymous how do we write it for singular? I must understand the motives of [the one / the person] who sent me this letter. CJ

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous how do we write it for singular?
  • I must understand the motives of [the one / the person] who sent me this letter.
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Anonymoushow do we write it for singular?
I must understand the motives of [the one / the person] who sent me this letter.

CJ
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Thanks, CalifJim, but I want to know whether she/he would be right or her/him.
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It would be her/him, but nobody would say it that way.

CJ
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CJ, really? He or she would be the subject of the embedded clause "X who sent the letter." How could you use "him" or "her" there?

I know the whole clause is the object, but doesn't the clause itself need a nominative pronoun?
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Grammar GeekHe or she would be the subject of the embedded clause "X who sent the letter." How could you use "him" or "her" there?
I know the whole clause is the object, but doesn't the clause itself need a nominative pronoun?
Him or her would function as the object of the preposition of and be separate from the clause who sent me t
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Grammar GeekCJ, really?
Really. It's as A. Gus said.

CJ
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