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Trainman214 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Why do we put preposition before relative pronoun?

Hey guys,

So I am very confused about the preposition + relative pronoun construction. Although in modern times grammarians accept having preposition at the end of the relative clause, some people still prefer prefer having it before the relative pronoun. My question is: why is that grammatical acceptable? I can see how it would work for a sentence like:

The woman I fell in love with was beautiful.

But how is the same meaning conveyed with this modified sentence where the prepositon + relative pronoun construction is utilized.

The woman with whom I fell in love was beautiful.

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But how is the same meaning conveyed with this modified sentence where the prepositon + relative pronoun construction is utilized. The woman with whom I fell in love was beautiful. I don't understand your problem.

— Mister Micawber

  • But how is the same meaning conveyed with this modified sentence where the prepositon + relative pronoun construction is utilized.
  • The woman with whom I fell in love was beautiful.
  • I don't understand your problem.
  • The first is merely a less formal version of the second.
  • I see nothing that might change the meaning.
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Trainman214The woman I fell in love with was beautiful.But how is the same meaning conveyed with this modified sentence where the prepositon + relative pronoun construction is utilized. The woman with whom I fell in love was beautiful.
I don't understand your problem. The first is merely a less formal version of the second. I see nothing that might change th
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Also when I read 'whom I fell in love' phrase, doesn't that just refer the woman herself? As a result, I have a hard time understanding the sentence because I will then read it as "The woman with woman was beautiful."
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Trainman214Why is that grammatically acceptable?
You may as well ask why "I am" is grammatically acceptable, and "I is" is not. It's what English speakers say and write and accept as correct.

They both say the same thing, just with the words in a different order. Here's h
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Well stop reading it that way, because it clearly makes no sense.
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