Could "who is" be omitted?
There is a sentence from BBC 6 Minute English: Some celebrities are famous for their talent... and others are famous for being famous or being associated with somene who is. I'd like to know why the writter uses "who is" in the end of the sentence. Could "who is" be omitted? Thanks in advance.
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Not quite. By using "someone who is" in this sentence we're saying they're only famous because they're associated with someone else who is famous.
If we were to just say "Some celebrities are famous for their talent... and others are famous for being famous or being associated with someone", then "someone" could mean literally anyone. It sounds like they're famous just because they know other regular people!
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Others are famous for being famous or for being associated with someone who is famous.
That's what this sentence is implying, but the final "famous" is omitted, but understood. Removing "who is" would slightly change the meaning of the sentence.
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