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Martina Durisova

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Could you tell me if the sentence can be with this word order?
"I think lazy is every teenager what I know."
I would correct it to:
I think every teenager whom I know is lazy. But I am not sure about the "what" too.
Thank you for the help!
Martina
 

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It's wrong with 'what'.

It's OK with 'whom' but better with nothing:

'Every teenager I know is lazy.'

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"I think lazy is every teenager what I know." Even without "what", this is not acceptable.
 

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Maybe Yoda could get away with it. He'd probably say "Lazy every teenager I know is," though.
 
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