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which one is correct? The role of the British monarch is confined to .............. head of the Commonwealth. 1. that of 2. who is Please tell me which one is correct and why the other is false. I do not know "that" refers to which word. Also, I am not sure whether it is possible to use "who" after "preposition" or not. Thank you.
Apr 13, 2016 2:26 PM
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"That of". "That" refers to the role.( It's not actually true though. The more important role is as head of state of several countries, including the UK.) You can't use "who" to refer to a preposition, only to a person. There could conceivably be a preposition intervening in some cases (perhaps particularly with phrasal verbs?), e.g. "They beat the guy up, who was hiding in the corner". That's not the case in your sentence, though; "who is" is wrong here.
April 13, 2016
thank you Stephan. Your answer really helped me.
April 13, 2016
The sentence would read like this: "the role of the British monarch is confined to that of head of the Commonwealth." "Head of head of the Commonwealth" makes no sense, but if you wanted to change the meaning of the sentence you could say, "the role of the British monarch is confined to head of THE head of the Commonwealth."
April 13, 2016
Thank you Marta. Do you mean it is possible to say like this: "head of head of the Commonwealth" if "that" refers to "head"?
April 13, 2016
"that of" is correct. "that" refers to the head of the Commonwealth. "with is" doesn't make any sense.
April 13, 2016
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