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*''ry'' is used otherwise, possibly with a resumptive pronoun | *''ry'' is used otherwise, possibly with a resumptive pronoun | ||
*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 | **This came about because the older resumptive pronominal affixes on prepositions elided and the emphatic pronoun remained optional. | ||
**when oblique, the resumptive pronoun may replace the relativizer, as in Modern Hebrew | **when oblique, 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 | ||