[Grammar] There is this guy I know who looks just like him.

[Tae-Bbong-E]

There is this guy I know who looks just like him.

I have seen the above sentence from a text book.
My main question is the way to compose the above sentence and my sub-question is whether my sentence (Z) is wrong or not.


When I saw it, to start with I thought 3 sentences.

(aa) There is this guy.​​

(bb) I know this guy​.​

(cc) This guy looks just like him.​​

Some native speakers say;
(aa) + (bb) = There is this guy (that) I know. : I'd like to call it (D)

and then I thought;
(D) + (cc) = There is this guy (that) I know who looks just like him. : I'd like to call it (F).

I was able to understand. Also this full sentence implies "I know the fact". That is, "I know this guy looks just like him".


However I am still curious, because I wonder about if I think and make it the different way.

To begin with,
(bb) + (cc) = I know this guy who looks just like him. : I'd like to call it (Y).

and then
(Y) + (aa) = There is this guy who looks just like him (who or that) I know. : I'd like to call it (Z)

But do you guys think my sentence (Z) is wrong???
I think my sentence (Z) implies "I know this guy". That is, "I know this guy who looks just like him".

 

[emsr2d2]

Sentence Z doesn't work. There are two ways to express what you mean:

I know a guy who looks just like him.
There's a guy I know who looks just like him.

The proximity of "a guy" and "I know" is important. Moving it to after "who looks just like him" separates them too much.

 

[GoesStation]

What does "I'd like to call it" mean in your examples?

 

[Tae-Bbong-E]

Hi emsr2d2~

Okay I understand what you taught me.

I have further questions.
If original questions are two as below, can I say something like this?

There is this guy. + I know this guy who looks just like him. --> There is this guy who looks just like him (who or that) I know.

Do you still think this is wrong? As you said, the proximity of "a guy" and "I know" is important. Moving "I know" to after "who looks just like him" separates them too much.

 

[emsr2d2]

I don't understand what you're getting at. You've simply repeated what you called Sentence Z. I already told you that was wrong.

 

[Rover_KE]

There is this guy I know who looks just like him.

I have seen the above sentence [STRIKE]from[/STRIKE] in a text book.

Post #1 should have stated the title and author of said text book.

 

[Tarheel]

Say:

I saw that sentence in a textbook.

 

[Rover_KE]

Say 'I saw that sentence in a textbook called Improve Your English by Phyllis Tyne'.