to use who is it correct?

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hi everybody my friend messaged me that " My friend who you don't like said this adress to me." Is it correct?

can it be that " My friend said this adress to me who you don't like" or " My friend said this adress to me that you don't like." how should it be?

Thanks in advance..

Paco2004 · Accepted Answer

Hello Yunus

"Said this address" sounds a bit weird to me. "Gave this address to me"? Beside this point, I think your sentence is OK.
My friend who you don't like gave this adress to me.

paco

Yunus · Answer

Thank for reply paco. can we use that instead of who?

Jussive · Answer

Paco2004Hello Yunus

"Said this address" sounds a bit weird to me. "Gave this address to me"? Beside this point, I think your sentence is OK.
My friend who you don't like gave this adress to me.

paco

Paco, I'm not sure I entirely agree with that.

If it's going to be a defining relative clause then we have to assume that there are other friends whom this person does like. In which case it should be:

The friend of mine whom you don't like gave me this address.

That's what I think

Erin Zale · Answer

Personally, I would do away with the clause altogether. It's unnecessary and sounds really stiff.

But I suppose that's an issue of style and not grammar.

Jussive · Answer

YunusThank for reply paco. can we use that instead of who?

I think this question highlights the problem I mentioned.

You can say:

The friend that you don't like.

However, you can't say:

My friend that you don't like.

I see this as an issue of defining and non-defining relative clauses. You can't use a defining relative clause if the subject has already been defined.

Yunus, I'm a native speaker and I would probably say:

My friend (the one you don't like) gave me this address.

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