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BW2/3 Posted 20 years ago
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the same

My sister has the same skirt you are wearing.

We bought the same TV that your dad had given you.

We went to the same school as your brother did.

She loved the same man who my sister did.

Are they OK?

Thank you
  

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I would have said same school that your brother did or same school your brother did , but as your brother did is okay. The last one should be ... man my sister did .

  • I would have said same school that your brother did or same school your brother did , but as your brother did is okay.
  • The last one should be ...
  • man my sister did .
  • Otherwise, they are fine.
  • CJ
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I would have said same school that your brother did or same school your brother did, but as your brother did is okay.
The last one should be ... man that my sister did or just ...man my sister did.

Otherwise, they are fine.

CJ
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Thank you Calijim,

Can I also say " She loved the man whom my sister did"?

Why I cannot say " the same man"?
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Take the ellipsis dots ... in my previous post to include "same". You can say "same man", yes.

You can also say "whom" with or without "same", yes. However, native speakers tend to avoid the word "whom" in informal contexts.

CJ
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Thank you very much Emotion: big smile

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