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[alpacinou]

I have two sentences:

He worked for one of my bothers.

My brother told me he is incompetent.

I want to combine them. Is this natural?

He worked for one of my brothers who [my brother] told me he is incompetent.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

It requires a comma:

He worked for one of my brothers, who told me he is incompetent.

Without the comma, you have several brothers who told you he's incompetent, and he works for one of them.

 

[alpacinou]

Is there a more natural way of combining these two sentences into one?

He worked for one of my bothers.

My brother told me he is incompetent.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Is there a more natural way of combining these two sentences into one?

He worked for one of my bothers.

My brother told me he is incompetent.

Try:

He worked for one of my brothers, who says he's incompetent.

 

[Tarheel]

Is there a more natural way of combining these two sentences into one?

He worked for one of my brothers.

My brother told me he is incompetent.

It makes for an odd sentence. That is, if he worked for one of your brothers wouldn't you know which one?

Try this:

He worked for my brother Frank, who told me he is incompetent.

(Of course, I made up the name.)

 

[alpacinou]

(Of course, I made up the name.)

Maybe I have a brother called Frank. In my language, Farank is a girl's name, though!

 

[Tarheel]

I didn't know that.

 

[jutfrank]

In my language, Farank is a girl's name, though!

My sister's name is jutfarank.

 

[alpacinou]

My sister's name is jutfarank.

It's a unique name.;-)