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Sitifan Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Relative pronoun, subject complement
1. She is the perfect accountant her predecessor was not.
2. She is the perfect accountant that her predecessor was not.
3. She is the perfect accountant who her predecessor was not.
4. She is the perfect accountant which her predecessor was not.
5. She is not the brilliant dancer she used to be.
6. She is not the brilliant dancer that she used to be.
7. She is not the brilliant dancer who she used to be.
8. She is not the brilliant dancer which she used to be.
Which of the above sentences is not acceptable?
2. She is the perfect accountant that her predecessor was not.
3. She is the perfect accountant who her predecessor was not.
4. She is the perfect accountant which her predecessor was not.
5. She is not the brilliant dancer she used to be.
6. She is not the brilliant dancer that she used to be.
7. She is not the brilliant dancer who she used to be.
8. She is not the brilliant dancer which she used to be.
Which of the above sentences is not acceptable?
Top answer
Hi Sitifan, some of them could be acceptable if you add some prepositions. sitifan 1. She is the perfect accountant her predecessor was not.
- Hi Sitifan, some of them could be acceptable if you add some prepositions.
- sitifan 1.
- She is the perfect accountant her predecessor was not.
- 2.
- She is the perfect accountant that her predecessor was not.
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Hi Sitifan, some of them could be acceptable if you add some prepositions.
sitifan1. She is the perfect accountant her predecessor was not.2. She is the perfect accountant that her predecessor was not.3. She is the perfect accountant who her predecessor was not.4. She is the perfect accountant which
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The antecedent is a person in all of your sentences. Which is not used as a relative to refer to people these days. Consequently Nos. 4 and 8 are wrong.
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You haven't defined "acceptable" so I'll construe it in the sense
"acceptable to James Hogg".
I find the examples with "who" (3 and 7) so unnatural as to be
unacceptable. The perfect accountant and the brilliant dancer are
not persons that she used to be but roles/functions that she used
to perform.
The ones with "which" sound stilted but may be acceptable to some
"acceptable to James Hogg".
I find the examples with "who" (3 and 7) so unnatural as to be
unacceptable. The perfect accountant and the brilliant dancer are
not persons that she used to be but roles/functions that she used
to perform.
The ones with "which" sound stilted but may be acceptable to some
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