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Kprichards Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
What is the meaning of the following sentence
I saw the following sentence in my grammar text book as an illustration of omission of the antecedent:
Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.
Could you tell me its meaning and the antecedent that is omitted?
Thanks,
Richards.
Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.
Could you tell me its meaning and the antecedent that is omitted?
Thanks,
Richards.
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I saw the following sentence in my grammar text book as an illustration of omission of the antecedent: Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever. Could you tell me its meaning and the antecedent that is omitted? There is no explicit antecedent for 'who'.
- I saw the following sentence in my grammar text book as an illustration of omission of the antecedent: Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.
- Could you tell me its meaning and the antecedent that is omitted?
- There is no explicit antecedent for 'who'.
- A fuller (and less elegant) version of the sentence is Be good, sweet maid, and let anyone who wants to be clever be clever.
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I saw the following sentence in my grammar text book as an illustration of omission of the antecedent:
Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.
Could you tell me its meaning and the antecedent that is omitted?
There is no explicit antecedent for 'who'.
A fuller (and less elegant) version of the
Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.
Could you tell me its meaning and the antecedent that is omitted?
There is no explicit antecedent for 'who'.
A fuller (and less elegant) version of the
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