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Can you omit the relative pronoun in this sentence? "He was the one put me on to this".
Thread poster: Antonio Berbel Garcia
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Tom in London
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Maybe Feb 18

Antonio Berbel Garcia wrote:



Maybe in a gangster movie, or if the person speaking can't talk proper like. If you want something even worse you could say "he was the one what put me on to this".

[Edited at 2024-02-18 21:14 GMT]

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I totally agree with you
 
Kay Denney
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. Feb 19

You'll often not hear it in spoken English: the w is silent to start with, the h is dropped, and the o is swallowed. But it needs to be written.

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Michael Kelly
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No, because... Feb 19

If the relative pronoun refers to the item which has the function of an object in the second clause, it can be omitted:
He's the man I saw.

If it refers to the item which has the function of a subject in the second clause, it can't be omitted:
**He's the man saw me.

(The asterisks show an ill-formed sentence.)

Of course the terminology used varies, but that is the basic rule.

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In colloquial speech, not formally correct English Feb 19

You might hear this in spoken English from less well-educated people, especially in certain regions of Britain, but it is not formally correct English.
 
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pger wrote:

You might hear this in spoken English from less well-educated people, especially in certain regions of Britain, but it is not formally correct English.


Compared to what you can hear in some parts of South London, this sounds "too posh" ...
 


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Can you omit the relative pronoun in this sentence? "He was the one put me on to this".






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