Example:
I will sue the person who murdered my neighbour.
In the above example, should we treat who as a relative pronoun, a conjunction, or both?
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In the above example, should we treat who as a relative pronoun, a conjunction, or both? |
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Who identifies the person you will sue as the subject of the verb in the relative clause, murdered. A conjunction cannot do that. A pronoun can. A conjunction simply connects two separate clauses.
You will notice that dictionaries don't have an entry on who as a conjunction. |
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