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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

"that" as a relative pronoun after a superlative

My English teacher corrected my sentence "He was the first king wpo ever sat on Englnd's throne" and said that "who" should be replaced by "that" because "first" is a superlative.

Is this correct?
  

Top answer

first ... who ... first ...

  • first ...
  • who ...
  • first ...
  • that ...
  • Either one is possible.
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... first ... who ...
... first ... that ...

Either one is possible.

CJ

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