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19 older English: who and that which
In older English, who could be used in a similar way to what, as noun + relative pronoun together, meaning 'the person who', 'whoever' or 'anybody who'. In modem English, this is very unusual.
Who steals my purse steals trash. (Shakespeare, Othello) (Modem English: Whoever/Anybody who ...)
That which used to be used in the same way as what. This, too, is very unusual in modem English.
We have that which we need. (Modem English: We have what we neecL)
499 remind
1 meaning: remind and remember
These two verbs are not the same. Reminding somebody means 'making
somebody remember'. Compare:
- Remind me to pay the milkman. (NOT Remember me tB pt:ty .••)
I'm afraid I won't remember to pay the milkman.
- Thissortofweatherremindsmeofmyhome. (NOT This981'tfJjwetlther
rementbet'3 me ...)
This sort of weather makes me remember my home.
But note the special use of remember in Remember me to your parents and similar sentences.
2 structures
After remind, we can use an infinitive structure (for actions) or a that-clause (for facts).
Please remind me to go to the post office. (NOT 1'lJea3e remind me 8j.fgtlillg . ..) I reminded him that we hadn't got any petrol left.
3 remind...of...
500 1
We use remind . .. ofto say that something/somebody makes us remember the past, or things that have been forgotten.
The smell ofhay always reminds me ofour old house in the country. (NOT ••• renliltti8 me Bur Bid h8lt3e ...)
Remind me ofyour phone number.
We can also use remind ... ofto talk about similarities.
She reminds me ofher mother. (= She is like her mother.) repetition
avoidance of repetition
In English, unnecessary repetition is usually considered to be a bad thing. Careful writers generally try not to use the same words and structures in successive clauses and sentences without a good reason; when expressions are repeated, it is often for deliberate emphasis or other stylistic purposes. Casual repetition is more common in informal language, but even in conversation people often sound monotonous or clumsy if they do not vary their sentence structure and vocabulary. Some kinds of repetition are actually ungrammatical
in both writing and speech.
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