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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
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Who
She did not specify who had sought to affect the general election result.
Is "who" an object in the main clause and a subject in the subordinate one?
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Anonymous Is "who" an object in the main clause and a subject in the subordinate one? You're half-right. "Who" is subject of the subordinate clause, but not object of the matrix clause.
- Anonymous Is "who" an object in the main clause and a subject in the subordinate one?
- You're half-right.
- "Who" is subject of the subordinate clause, but not object of the matrix clause.
- She did not specify who had sought to affect the general election result .
- The underlined expression is a subordinate interrogative clause (embedded question) in which "who" is, as you say, the subject.
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AnonymousIs "who" an object in the main clause and a subject in the subordinate one?
You're half-right. "Who" is subject of the subordinate clause, but not object of the matrix clause.
She did not specify who had sought to affect the general election result.
The underlined expression is a subordinate interrogative clause (embe
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