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Hanuman_2000 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Superlative degree of an adjective

Hello,

1. Jill was the most beautiful girl John has ever met.

It the bold part a relative clause?

The above sentence can be rephrased as the given below?

2. Jill was the most beautiful girl that/whom John has ever met.

Thanks.
  

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Sentences 1 and 2 are both correct. The relative pronoun can be omitted in a defining relative clause if it's an object. I would say Jill is the mos t beautiful girl...

  • Sentences 1 and 2 are both correct.
  • The relative pronoun can be omitted in a defining relative clause if it's an object.
  • I would say Jill is the mos t beautiful girl...
  • CB
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Sentences 1 and 2 are both correct. The relative pronoun can be omitted in a defining relative clause if it's an object. I would say Jill is the most beautiful girl...

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