• GojuRyu@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Non native English speaker here with a genuine question; wouldn’t “telling the students whom I married” mean that the teacher married the students instead of telling students about their spouse?

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      2 months ago

      I think you’re right. The clause should actually be something like “disclose to my students the gender of my spouse.” How does that sound?

    • Ginny [they/she]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 months ago

      Either a comma or parentheses are what would make the difference.

      I will tell the students whom I married.

      Now the students know who was at your wedding.

      I will tell the students, whom I married.

      I will tell the students (whom I married).

      You’re only telling something to the students that you married.