inverse attraction

English

an example from English
The emboldened antecedent is syntactically the object of the verb let, but is declined for the case of the relative who which follows it. The phrase’s grammatical form is:

Noun

inverse attraction (uncountable)

  1. (grammar) A species of solecism, in which an antecedent is declined for the case of its relative pronoun, contrary to the antecedent’s syntactic function.

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