[Ads-l] Another weird construction

[Herbert F. Stahlke]

Not all that unusual.  The use of resumptive pronouns for emphasis instead of deleting is pretty common, at least in speech.

On January 29, 2021, at 6:49 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:

Probably not "new" but very bizarre:

Josh Barrow, columnist for _Business Insider_, on MSNBC's _Morning Joe_:

"So if you're someone who you were sitting at home, you were receiving your
salary, you had extra money [etc.]."

"Who you were" for "who was."

JL
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