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    Hello,

    I would like to know if this is a correct sentence or not.

    1) The girl who I talk to, to learn everything about you is this.

    2) The girl who I talk to, for learning everything about you is this.

    Thank you...

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    Default Re: relative clause

    Neither is correct.

    Please try rephrasing.

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    Default Re: relative clause

    The girl to whom I talked to learn everything about you is this.

    I think it is correct but I want to learn how to construct that without using 'whom'.

    The girl that I talked to learn everything about you to is this.

    Is it correct?

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    Default Re: relative clause

    The problem is that your main clause is, "The girl is this", which is not natural. These are better:

    This is the girl (that) I talked to to learn everything about you.
    This is the girl to whom I talked to learn everything about you.
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    Default Re: relative clause

    Quote Originally Posted by fivejedjon View Post
    The problem is that your main clause is, "The girl is this", which is not natural. These are better:

    This is the girl (that) I talked to to learn everything about you.
    This is the girl to whom I talked to learn everything about you.
    I agree with this one.

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    Default Re: relative clause

    Imagine you are showing someone some photos of a girl. Then you could say:

    The girl I've been talking to to learn everything about you is this one here.

    P.S. I know English punctuation is my weakness. But I'm working on it!

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