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  1. 24-Mar-2011, 02:03 #1
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    Hi,

    Is this sentence correct?


    Who was it who dobbed me in (to the teacher)?


    Why there are two "whos"?


    Thanks a lot
  2. 24-Mar-2011, 09:17 #2
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    Default Re: who

    Who was it that/who dobbed me.... (the second is a relative pronoun)
  3. 24-Mar-2011, 12:28 #3
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    Default Re: who

    Or 'Who dobbed me to the teacher?'
  4. 24-Mar-2011, 12:50 #4
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    Default Re: who

    What does dobbed mean? Ratted me out?
    I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
  5. 24-Mar-2011, 13:00 #5
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    Yes, that's right, Barb.

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  6. 24-Mar-2011, 13:50 #6
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    Two nations divided by a common language...

    Thanks :)
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  7. 24-Mar-2011, 14:12 #7
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    So the sentence is correct?
  8. 25-Mar-2011, 07:42 #8
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    Default Re: who

    It's OK, but why not ask Who dobbed me in? or use that to avoid the repetition.
  9. 25-Mar-2011, 12:46 #9
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    Default Re: who

    Well, I got this sentence from Cambridge.Dictionary.

    Probably here it uses it to emphasize the sense of anger?
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