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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

whoever + past participle

Whoever admitted into the factory is reminded to refrain from touching the company's equipment and machinery.

I saw above sentence in a TOEIC workbook.
In my opinion, it should be "Whoever *is* admitted into the factory..." but there's no 'be' after Whoever. That is, no verb is found in the whoever-clause.

The sentence is found to be quoted several times on different webpages, so I think it's not possibly a typo.
Is the sentence grammatically correct?
I know "relative pron. + be" may be left out together, Is it the same case even if the relative pronoun is included in whoever and can't be left out?
  

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In my opinion, it should be "Whoever *is* admitted into the factory I agree. Anonymous The sentence is found to be quoted several times on different webpages, so I think it's not possibly a typo. That's a good guess.

— Mister Micawber

  • In my opinion, it should be "Whoever *is* admitted into the factory I agree.
  • Anonymous The sentence is found to be quoted several times on different webpages, so I think it's not possibly a typo.
  • That's a good guess.
  • Anonymous Is the sentence grammatically correct?
  • No.
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AnonymousI saw above sentence in a TOEIC workbook.In my opinion, it should be "Whoever *is* admitted into the factory
I agree.
AnonymousThe sentence is found to be quoted several times on different webpages, so I think it's not possibly a typo.
That's a good guess.
AnonymousIs the sentence grammatical
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Mister MicawberI agree. No.
Thank you, Mister Micawber.

It was hard for me to find when and where my anonymous posting is on the page. Should log-in next time.
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