Re: Grammar-holes: secondary predication

2007/7/17, Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>:
>
> What about "I just met the woman who Tom is the son of Bill and" / "I
> just met the woman who Tom is the son of Bill and her", for even more
> grammatical weirdness?
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
>
I find that sentence grammatically very unwieldy, not to mention
violating two prescriptive rules ("whom" and "up with which I will not
put"), as well as a thousand and one guidelines for clarity. I would
say, "I just met the woman of Bill and whom Tom is the son."

Eugene

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