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Tashiro Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Pronoun + relative clause

Hi, please help me.

Is it possible for a relative clause to modify a pronoun?
For example:
?I, who am 27 years old, got married.
?I, who(m) everybody hates, got married.
?She loves me, who am(is?) getting married to her sister.
?She loves me, to whom her sister is getting married.
?He, who is 27 years old, got married.
?He, who(m) everybody hates, got married.
?She loves him, who is getting married to her sister.
?She loves him, to whom her sister is getting married.
?It, which cost a fortune, was useless.
?It, which I bought, was useless.
?They, which cost a fortune, were useless.

?They, which I bought, were useless.
  

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They all sound dreadfully odd, so I guess not.

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They all sound dreadfully odd, so I guess not.
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tashiroIs it possible for a relative clause to modify a pronoun?
It may not be possible but it surely has happened! There's a song called [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_%28Who_Have_Nothing%29]I Who Have Nothing.[/url]

CB
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Thank you both of you.
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tashiroHi, please help me.

Is it possible for a relative clause to modify a pronoun?
Generally not with personal pronouns, though some are acceptable such as the informal 'it was me who did it' as well as a few literary examples like 'Rumpole's wife is she who must be obeyed', and from the King James Bible, 'He that is without sin
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