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Parende Posted 4 years ago
Grammar

Subject verb agreement

"Courtly love requires a knight devoting himself to a woman of a higher rank, often married, without them ever having a corporal consummation."

In the prepositional phrase of this sentence, does "them" agrees with the main clause or should it agree with "courtly love/it"?

"Courtly love requires a knight devoting himself to a woman of a higher rank, often married, without it never ending in a corporal consummation."

  

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" Them refers to the knight and the woman of higher rank.

  • " Them refers to the knight and the woman of higher rank.
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parende"Courtly love requires a knight devoting himself to a woman of a higher rank, often married, without them ever having a corporal consummation."

Them refers to the knight and the woman of higher rank.

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