He is no longer who he used to be.为何不可

He is no longer who he used to be.为何不可
He is no longer who he used to be.为何不可

He is no longer who he used to be.为何不可
简单地说,正确的表达是
He is no longer WHAT he was / used to be .
如果一定要用WHO的话,你必须在who的前面加个名词,比如说
-------- He is no longer the PERSON who / that he was / used to be
1 WHAT 强调he的属性,性格 和特点.
2 Who强调he这个人本身.也就是说,他还是这个人,但性格特点或者处境身份不同了.

你可以分写两个句子来理解一下，
He is no longer a theif.
He used to be a thief.
如果对第二句中的a thief 提问的话，应该问what did he use to be?而不是 who did he use to be?
然后尝试合并一下这两个句子，就得到了He is no longer what he used t...

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你可以分写两个句子来理解一下，
He is no longer a theif.
He used to be a thief.
如果对第二句中的a thief 提问的话，应该问what did he use to be?而不是 who did he use to be?
然后尝试合并一下这两个句子，就得到了He is no longer what he used to be.
而He is no longer the person who/that he used to be.这一句其实是一个表语从句中套有一个宾语从句，the person是表语，而后面的who/that he used to be是the person的定语从句。
而The question is who will travel with me to Beijing tomorrow.这个句子之所以看起来很像你写的那个句子，其实不然，这个句子的主语是question，也就是说问题是，是什么呢，就是who 引导的那个问句。举个例子来说，比如上课老师问你这样一个问题：“who will travel with me to Beijing tomorrow.”然而你没有挺清楚，你可以问你的同桌：“what's the question?"这时你同桌给你的答案就是The question is who will travel with me to Beijing tomorrow.
看起来你对各种从句还不是很清楚，可以找一些不同的从句自己多分析分析，理解一下。
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这句话是对的啊。很正常啊

通常用what he used to be
I'm no longer what I used to be.
之所以不用who是个很微妙的体会。
引用地道美国人的评价："He is not who he used to be" would probably refer to reincarnation or perhaps to a spy with a false ide...

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通常用what he used to be
I'm no longer what I used to be.
之所以不用who是个很微妙的体会。
引用地道美国人的评价："He is not who he used to be" would probably refer to reincarnation or perhaps to a spy with a false identity.
"He is not what he used to be." is a well-used phrase. It refers to some aspect of the man not to his identity.
也就是说，he is not who he used to be.那里的who指代的是他这个人的身份。
He is not what he used to be.那里的what指代的是他这个人的一部分。
他不再是从前的他了。这句话的意思是他的某一部分（比如思维，行为，情感）改变了，而不是说他这个人就不再是他这个人了。。。这么说有点拗口。但这正是英语精确意思传神的地方。

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