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Navitasan Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Who you are for

Are these sentences correct:

1) These poor people, who you are for sending to prison, have not committed any serious crime.
MEANING: These poor people have not committed any serious crime, but you want them to be sent to prison.

2) The people who you are for sending to prison have not committed any serious crime.
MEANING (approximately): There are people you want to be sent to prison but they have not committed any serious crime.

The clause is non-restrictive in '1' and restrictive in '2'. The two sentences are not supposed to mean the same.

Gratefully,
Navi.
  

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1. These poor people, whom you are in favor of sending to prison, have not committed any serious crime. ) 2.

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  • These poor people, whom you are in favor of sending to prison, have not committed any serious crime.
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  • The people whom you are in favor of sending to prison have not committed any serious crime.
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1. These poor people, whom you are in favor of sending to prison, have not committed any serious crime. (Meaning as you say.)

2. The people whom you are in favor of sending to prison have not committed any serious crime. (Meaning: those you want to send to prison are innocent.)
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