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"Slaughter by Bashar's "terrorist" opponents, the Syrian army said, producing the wife of a soldier whom they said had been shot and left for dead in a Daraya graveyard." [From The Independent.]
Who had been shot and left for dead? The wife or a soldier?
Why is the pronoun 'whom' used in the sentence instead of 'who'?
Thank you.
"Slaughter by Bashar's "terrorist" opponents, the Syrian army said, producing the wife of a soldier whom they said had been shot and left for dead in a Daraya graveyard." [From The Independent.]
Who had been shot and left for dead? The wife or a soldier?
Why is the pronoun 'whom' used in the sentence instead of 'who'?
Thank you.
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Who had been shot and left for dead? The wife or a soldier? -- The wife, if you have watched the news; soldiers are routinely shot and left for dead: that is their job.
- Who had been shot and left for dead?
- The wife or a soldier?
- -- The wife, if you have watched the news; soldiers are routinely shot and left for dead: that is their job.
- - - It is a careless mistake.
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Who had been shot and left for dead? The wife or a soldier? -- The wife, if you have watched the news; soldiers are routinely shot and left for dead: that is their job.
Why is the pronoun 'whom' used in the sentence instead of 'who'?-- It is a careless mistake.
Why is the pronoun 'whom' used in the sentence instead of 'who'?-- It is a careless mistake.
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