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*resumptive pronouns are optional - hence relative clauses can end in a preposition as in English (This is because the older pronominal affixes on prepositions elided and the emphatic pronoun remained optional.) | *resumptive pronouns are optional - hence relative clauses can end in a preposition as in English (This is because the older pronominal affixes on prepositions elided and the emphatic pronoun remained optional.) | ||
*for places, ''cah'' 'there' can be used as a resumptive pronoun | *for places, ''cah'' 'there' can be used as a resumptive pronoun | ||
*in writing, the head may be repeated instead of using a resumptive pronoun to eliminate ambiguity (cf. mathematical writing in English) | *in formal writing, the head may be repeated instead of using a resumptive pronoun to eliminate ambiguity (cf. mathematical writing in English) | ||
:'''''dlïahar ry twm go sovl awv ber (awr)''''' | :'''''dlïahar ry twm go sovl awv ber (awr)''''' | ||