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Lucus Ong Posted 17 years ago
could anybody correct this sentence for me?
great thanks in advance
When can we omit the “who”
I will study extremely hard from now on, as I am going to stun my classmate with my great improve, especially those who despise me.
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could anybody correct this sentence for me?
great thanks in advance
When can we omit the “who”
I will study extremely hard from now on, as I am going to stun my classmate with my great improve, especially those who despise me.
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improve improvement You could omit the "who" in this case if it were not the subject of a clause. " Truth be told, I'm not up to the task of clearly explaining these structures. P.
- improve improvement You could omit the "who" in this case if it were not the subject of a clause.
- " Truth be told, I'm not up to the task of clearly explaining these structures.
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- Those who are laughing at me will be sorry.
- Those laughing at me will be sorry.
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You could omit the "who" in this case if it were not the subject of a clause.
"Who despise me" is a relative clause, referring back to "those." We need the "who."
"Those despising me can go to the devil!"
By changing the finite verb to a present participle, we lose the "who."
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