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Cat file 911 Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
The omission of relative pronoun.
Hey everyone, my question is this:
‘She has always loved him who I have never met before.’
Imagine we have a sentence like the one above and according to omission rule of relative clause, I should be able to omit ‘who’ here. However, it seems a bit unnatural when you omit it from the sentence, is there a reason for it ?
Thank you!
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cat file 911 She has always loved him someone (who) I have never met before. 'him' is the wrong pronoun here. 'who' is optional.
- cat file 911 She has always loved him someone (who) I have never met before.
- 'him' is the wrong pronoun here.
- 'who' is optional.
- If you insist on 'him', you have to rephrase: She has always loved him, but I've never met him (before).
- CJ
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cat file 911She has always lovedhimsomeone (who) I have never met before.
'him' is the wrong pronoun here. 'who' is optional.
If you insist on 'him', you have to rephrase:
She has always loved him, but I've never met him (before).
CJ
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