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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
**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
*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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