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Proper use of pronouns and conjunctions
Could someone please verify the grammar in this sentence? Particularly the use of 'her' (should it be she?) and the implied 'her' after the and. Should there be a second 'her'?
"They sought treatment ...
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Can a “who” act as both a pronoun and a conjunction at the same time?
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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Is there a list of all English conjunctions, pronouns, and/or prepositions? [closed]
Is there an official (or at least generally accepted) source for an exhaustive list of all English conjunctions, pronouns, and/or prepositions? I find such lists of various blog sites and Wikipedia, ...
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A Question On Relative Pronouns & Conjunctions
I came across this quote from the movie RocknRolla:
Oh, beauty is a beguiling call to death and I'm addicted to the sweet
pitch of its siren. That that starts sweet ends bitter, and that which
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How should I understand this “that” clause?
The following sentence is from an article of Harry Frankfurt who is a professor from Princeton University:
It must be part of the point of saying that humbug is "short of lying," that while it has ...
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“Me and my wife” or “my wife and me”
Which is correct: me and my wife or my wife and me? The sentence in which this is used is
Ms. Smith informed me and my wife that she was afraid of being accosted.
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Sentence Construction: “Just Because … Does Not Mean”
I've already found an entry on this here.
However, it does not solve my problem:
I just read an entry on "cross platform" from Wikipedia, in which it was written:
Just because a particular ...
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How do you make the possessive form with “He and I”-style subjects?
Despite being a native speaker of American English, I cannot find a construction that sounds natural when trying to form a possessive from coordinated subjects including a first person pronoun, like ...
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When do I use “me” and when “I”? [duplicate]
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Should I put myself last?
I get this mixed up so often. Should I say:
Me and Rob are going swimming.
or
I and Rob are going swimming.
I know the latter ...
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“You and I” versus “you and me” [duplicate]
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Which is correct, “you and I” or “you and me”?
When I was in primary school, I was advised by my English teacher to use "you and I" instead of ...
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Which of these sentences use the correct grammar?
Me and Larry had a meeting today.
Larry and me had a meeting today.
I and Larry had a meeting today.
Larry and I had a meeting today.
I know the third one is wrong (because it doesn't ...
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