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Chrismlangan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
When can we omit the relitive pronoun?
Are we always allowed to omit the relitive pronoun when it is not the subject of the clause?
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Hi CL There is some disagreement on the omission of relatives, but a relative can usually be omitted in a restrictive relative clause (= no comma) in the following cases: 1. the relative is an object : He is the man [ who/whom/that ] I saw there. 2.
- Hi CL There is some disagreement on the omission of relatives, but a relative can usually be omitted in a restrictive relative clause (= no comma) in the following cases: 1.
- the relative is an object : He is the man [ who/whom/that ] I saw there.
- 2.
- a preposition is at the end of the relative clause: He is the man [who/whom/that] I came with .
- 3.
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Hi CL
There is some disagreement on the omission of relatives, but a relative can usually be omitted in a restrictive relative clause (= no comma) in the following cases:
1. the relative is an object: He is the man [who/whom/that] I saw there.
2. a preposition is at the end o
There is some disagreement on the omission of relatives, but a relative can usually be omitted in a restrictive relative clause (= no comma) in the following cases:
1. the relative is an object: He is the man [who/whom/that] I saw there.
2. a preposition is at the end o
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I'd say no. In this case it sounds like casual conversation with two predicates:
My father gave me a present [and] made me happy.
My father gave me a present - made me happy.
I don't think we'd assume the missing relative pronoun (that / which).
- A.
My father gave me a present [and] made me happy.
My father gave me a present - made me happy.
I don't think we'd assume the missing relative pronoun (that / which).
- A.
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