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*resumptive pronouns are optional - hence relative clauses can end in a preposition as in English | *resumptive pronouns are optional - hence relative clauses can end in a preposition as in English | ||
**This state of affairs came about because the older resumptive pronominal affixes on prepositions elided and the emphatic pronoun remained optional. | **This state of affairs came about because the older resumptive pronominal affixes on prepositions elided and the emphatic pronoun remained optional. | ||
**the resumptive pronoun may replace the relativizer, as in Modern Hebrew | |||
*for places, ''cah'' 'there' can be used as a resumptive pronoun | *for places, ''cah'' 'there' can be used as a resumptive pronoun | ||
*in formal writing, to eliminate ambiguity ''mes'' 'this' may be used as a resumptive pronoun or the head noun may be repeated. | *in formal writing, to eliminate ambiguity ''mes'' 'this' may be used as a resumptive pronoun or the head noun may be repeated. | ||
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:what confirm COMP equal SPEC.PL two as desire | :what confirm COMP equal SPEC.PL two as desire | ||
:''...which confirms that the two are equal, as desired.'' | :''...which confirms that the two are equal, as desired.'' | ||
*Non-restrictive relative clauses are indicated by simple apposition | *Non-restrictive relative clauses are indicated by simple apposition | ||
===Complement clauses=== | ===Complement clauses=== | ||