Pronoun
Got two confusing doubts.
1) As per the pronoun rule "Who" is used for the subject. If so, is this sentence correct;
"Josh likes Sarah, who is the most beautiful girl in our class".
Here, as you can see, Sarah is the object of the sentence so how is this sentence correct.
2) Similarly, 'She' is a subjective pronoun. In this case, consider the following sentence.
"Kiran called up Jenn and invited her, but she refused to come".
Here Jenn is again the object of the sentence so how is this correct. Since the objective pronoun is 'her'
Please clarify this doubt.
Thanks and regards,
Kiran Bedre
Top answer
Hi 1) The pronoun 'who' does not have to refer to the subject: I would just say, that is not a rule. 'Who' refers to the person who has most recently been mentioned and it is almost always used immediately after the reference to that person: - 'Joey' is a song is by Dylan, who is one of our great musicians Dylan, there, grammatically, is indirect object but the 'who' refers to him, correctly, because he is named immediately before it 2) The pronoun in a second clause has the subject/object pronoun that suits the subordinate clause, not the main part: - Kiran called Jenn but she did not answer - Kiran called Jenn but got no answer from her Hope this helps Dave
- Hi 1) The pronoun 'who' does not have to refer to the subject: I would just say, that is not a rule.
- 'Who' refers to the person who has most recently been mentioned and it is almost always used immediately after the reference to that person: - 'Joey' is a song is by Dylan, who is one of our great musicians Dylan, there, grammatically, is indirect object but the 'who' refers to him, correctly, because he is named immediately before it 2) The pronoun in a second clause has the subject/object pronoun that suits the subordinate clause, not the main part: - Kiran called Jenn but she did not answer - Kiran called Jenn but got no answer from her Hope this helps Dave
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1) The pronoun 'who' does not have to refer to the subject: I would just say, that is not a rule. 'Who' refers to the person who has most recently been mentioned and it is almost always used immediately after the reference to that person:
- 'Joey' is a song is by Dylan, who is one of our great musicians
Dylan, there, grammatically, is indirect object but the 'who' refers
0Kiran Bedre1) As per the pronoun rule "Who" is used for the subject. If so, is this sentence correct;
"Josh likes Sarah, who is the most beautiful girl in our class".
Here, as you can see, Sarah is the object of the sentence so how is this sentence correct.
2) Similarly, 'She' is a subjective pronoun. In this case, consider t
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