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Joseph A Posted 8 years ago
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Hello everyone,

A. Is the object pronoun "them" at the end of the sentence optional?

1. He was given two guns and left on the ship to watch the six seamen that Captain's group didn't trust (them).

B. If I paraphrase my sentence as follows, are they OK?

2. He was given two guns and was left on the ship to watch the six men that Captain's group didn't trust (them).

3. He was left with two guns on the ship to watch the six seamen that Captain's men didn't trust (them).

4. He was left on the ship with two guns to watch the six seamen that Captain's men didn't trust (them).

Regards,

JA

  

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Joseph AA. Is the object pronoun "them" at the end of the sentence optional?

It is wrong to put the pronoun there because there is already a direct object – the relative pronoun "that." The antecedent is "six seamen."

1. He was given two guns and left on the ship to watch the six seamen that Captain's group didn't trust (them).

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