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Tinanam0102 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

who

Hi teachers,

A member of an order of priests in ancient Gaul and Britain who appear in Welsh and Irish legend as prophets and sorcerers.

Does 'who' refer to 'priests' or 'A member"?

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It refers to the order. You can tell because of the 'appear' which directly follows the 'who'. If the 'who' was referring to 'a member' the verb would be 'appears', the singular form of the present tense.

— Captainladyace

  • It refers to the order.
  • You can tell because of the 'appear' which directly follows the 'who'.
  • If the 'who' was referring to 'a member' the verb would be 'appears', the singular form of the present tense.
  • Since it is 'appear', that is referring to a plural group, and is therefore the order of priests.
  • This sentence is not actually a complete sentence, rather a sentence fragment because 'a member', which is the subject of the sentence, never does anything.
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It refers to the order. You can tell because of the 'appear' which directly follows the 'who'. If the 'who' was referring to 'a member' the verb would be 'appears', the singular form of the present tense. Since it is 'appear', that is referring to a plural group, and is therefore the order of priests. This sentence is not actually a complete sentence, rather a sentence fragment because 'a memb
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