With whom
"And now Bob Woodward -- without question the preeminent political reporter and chronicler of the White House in the last four decades -- has written a book that confirms every bit of the portrayals we'd seen about who Trump is, who he surrounds himself and how he conducts his business."
(CNN.)
Is the preposition "with" redundant in the indirect question "who he surrounds himself [with]" in the sentence above?
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It appears to be a mistake. The relative word "who(m)" functions as complement of the preposition "with", but the prep is missing, presumably due to a simple error that wasn't picked up by the copy editor.
- It appears to be a mistake.
- The relative word "who(m)" functions as complement of the preposition "with", but the prep is missing, presumably due to a simple error that wasn't picked up by the copy editor.
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It appears to be a mistake. The relative word "who(m)" functions as complement of the preposition "with", but the prep is missing, presumably due to a simple error that wasn't picked up by the copy editor.
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