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Pionml Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

relative clauses confuse?

I am confuse with "for whose" what it mean in below sentence, I looked up all pages on Google and haven't understood yet.

"The sick man for whose sake you are doing all this work ought to be very grateful to you."

Hope someone can help me, thank very much!
  

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The sick man for whose sake you are doing this = The sick man that you're doing this for. Does that help, pionml? And welcome to English Forums!

  • The sick man for whose sake you are doing this = The sick man that you're doing this for.
  • Does that help, pionml?
  • And welcome to English Forums!
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The sick man for whose sake you are doing this = The sick man that you're doing this for.

Does that help, pionml? And welcome to English Forums!
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oh, English sometimes very funny and I have make note what's funny like that. Thank you very much Mr. Micawber!

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