[General] You should kick out.....

[Silverobama]

The story took place in Gary's chat group today. A added B, C, D in our chat group but it turned out that B, C, D are all spammers. They kept posting ads in the group.

After kicking two of B, C, D, I told Gary "You should kick out the one who added those spammers here".

In our chat group, we can see people who are added to that group by who.

Is my italic sentence natural?

 

[Skrej]

It's not wrong, but I would remove 'here'. It's kind of redundant.

You could also say 'person' instead of 'one', although 'one' isn't incorrect.

 

[Silverobama]

It's not wrong, but I would remove 'here'. It's kind of redundant.

You could also say 'person' instead of 'one', although 'one' isn't incorrect.

"You should kick out the person who added those spammers".

Is the above one okay now?

 

[Tarheel]

Yes. What do you mean by "kicking two"?

 

[slevlife]

"You should kick out the person who added those spammers".

Is the above [STRIKE]one[/STRIKE] sentence okay now?

Yes.

I would use "whoever" instead of "the person who"?

 

[Silverobama]

Yes.

I would use "whoever" instead of "the person who"?

But "whoever" means "no matter who", am I right? If I say "You should kick out whoever added those spammers", the sentence would become ambiguous because at that time only A added B, C, and D into our chat group.

 

[slevlife]

If you already knew for certain who it was, wouldn’t referencing them be the natural thing to do?

“You should kick out <A> for adding those spammers.”

 

[Silverobama]

If you already knew for certain who it was, wouldn’t referencing them be the natural thing to do?

“You should kick out <A> for adding those spammers.”

Much appreciated, slevlife. One thing in China is quite delicate: interpersonal relationship. Even among people who are not familiar with each other, since we're in the same group, we are supposed to meet each other one day. If I pointed out "A" was the one who added those spammers, I would set myself up in that delicate situation. Anyway, thanks a lot for your comments and help.

 

[Tarheel]

Much appreciated, slevlife. One thing in China is quite delicate: interpersonal relationships. Even among people who are not familiar with each other, since we're in the same group, we are supposed to meet each other one day. If I pointed out that "A" was the one who added those spammers, I would set myself up in that delicate situation. Anyway, thanks a lot for your comments and help.

I'm not sure what you mean by that, but I am fairly sure that everybody knows who added the spammers.

Why you should be expected to meet everybody in an internet chat group is beyond me.

 

[Silverobama]

I'm not sure what you mean by that, but I am fairly sure that everybody knows who added the spammers.

Why you should be expected to meet everybody in an internet chat group is beyond me.

This online chat group is based on our in-person meetings. For example, I went to an English club meeting and so did others. We established a group for future meetings.

 

[Tarheel]

Perhaps:

We met at an English club, and then we established an online chat group.

 

[Tdol]

Sounds a bit harsh for a first offence- kick the spammers out, sure, but did the one who let them in know they were spammers before letting them in? They normally try to sneak in by pretending to be normal and then get stuck into spamming.