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Wowenglish Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Who
I would like to know the meaning of "who" in the "who are in want of food" in the next writing.
If "who" is yourself, "yourself are in want of food" is correct?
A WOLF saw a Goat feeding at the summit of a steep precipice, where he had no chance of reaching her. He called to her and earnestly begged her to come lower down, lest she fall by some mishap; and he added that the meadows lay where he was standing, and that the herbage was most tender. She replied, "No, my friend, it is not for the pasture that you invite me, but for yourself, who are in want of food."
If "who" is yourself, "yourself are in want of food" is correct?
A WOLF saw a Goat feeding at the summit of a steep precipice, where he had no chance of reaching her. He called to her and earnestly begged her to come lower down, lest she fall by some mishap; and he added that the meadows lay where he was standing, and that the herbage was most tender. She replied, "No, my friend, it is not for the pasture that you invite me, but for yourself, who are in want of food."
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'Who' refers to the 'wolf'. That does not mean that you can insert the other pronoun ('yourself') grammatically into the same clause.
- 'Who' refers to the 'wolf'.
- That does not mean that you can insert the other pronoun ('yourself') grammatically into the same clause.
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'Who' refers to the 'wolf'. That does not mean that you can insert the other pronoun ('yourself') grammatically into the same clause.
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