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Kprichards Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

What is the meaning of the following sentence

I saw the following sentence in my grammar text book as an illustration of omission of the antecedent:

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.

Could you tell me its meaning and the antecedent that is omitted?

Thanks,
Richards.
  

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I saw the following sentence in my grammar text book as an illustration of omission of the antecedent: Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever. Could you tell me its meaning and the antecedent that is omitted? There is no explicit antecedent for 'who'.

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I saw the following sentence in my grammar text book as an illustration of omission of the antecedent:

Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever.

Could you tell me its meaning and the antecedent that is omitted?

There is no explicit antecedent for 'who'.
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