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Tara2 Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
Subject or object
How is the relative pronoun (who) a subject not an object?
He is the man who I think will win the first prize.
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Tara2 He is the man who [ I think ] will win the first prize. Relative clauses sometimes have these little parenthetical bits right after the relative word ( who, whom, which ). [ I think (that) ] he will win the first prize.
- Tara2 He is the man who [ I think ] will win the first prize.
- Relative clauses sometimes have these little parenthetical bits right after the relative word ( who, whom, which ).
- [ I think (that) ] he will win the first prize.
- ) More examples.
- Can you pick out the parenthetical bits?
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Tara2He is the man who [ I think ] will win the first prize.
Relative clauses sometimes have these little parenthetical bits right after the relative word (who, whom, which).
[ I think (that) ] he will win the first prize. ('that' is optional here.)
> who will win the first prize
> who [ I think ] will win the fir
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