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Stenka25 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Wrong Sentence?
There seems something wrong in the following sentence of a book called “How to Think More About Sex.”
http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=1lc1C4Ia47wC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=%22someone+*+unconscious+intuits+will%22&source=bl&ots=sfnaFL3NtL&sig=eRHRpuFstK872jC3sqGMzpHhrHQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=N4LGUZamOsrukgXrmoDoAg&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22someone%20*%20the%20unconscious%20intuits%20will%22&f=false
What society calls an ‘attractive’ person is ultimately someone whom the unconscious intuits will be good at fighting off infections and go into labour without complications.
The underlined word “whom” don’t seem to make any sense to me. Since “whom” is object relative pronoun, there is suppose to be a word that can call for ‘the object.’ But I can’t find any. Rather, I think it seems better if I add “of” before “whom” since “the unconscious intuits of him will be good at fighting off infections and go into labour without complications” makes sense to me.
What do you think of my train of thought?
http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=1lc1C4Ia47wC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=%22someone+*+unconscious+intuits+will%22&source=bl&ots=sfnaFL3NtL&sig=eRHRpuFstK872jC3sqGMzpHhrHQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=N4LGUZamOsrukgXrmoDoAg&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22someone%20*%20the%20unconscious%20intuits%20will%22&f=false
What society calls an ‘attractive’ person is ultimately someone whom the unconscious intuits will be good at fighting off infections and go into labour without complications.
The underlined word “whom” don’t seem to make any sense to me. Since “whom” is object relative pronoun, there is suppose to be a word that can call for ‘the object.’ But I can’t find any. Rather, I think it seems better if I add “of” before “whom” since “the unconscious intuits of him will be good at fighting off infections and go into labour without complications” makes sense to me.
What do you think of my train of thought?
Top answer
Stenka25 The underlined word “whom” don’t seem to make any sense to me. You are right. It is grammatically wrong: a case of hyper-correction by the writer.
- Stenka25 The underlined word “whom” don’t seem to make any sense to me.
- You are right.
- It is grammatically wrong: a case of hyper-correction by the writer.
- 'The unconscious intuits' is an interjected comment clause.
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Stenka25The underlined word “whom” don’t seem to make any sense to me.You are right. It is grammatically wrong: a case of hyper-correction by the writer. 'The unconscious intuits' is an interjected comment clause.
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The antecedent of "whom" is "someone."
It should be subject case...
It should be subject case...
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