If a nominal ḥāl contains both a pronoun and wāw, is one necessarily useless?
Wāw with Nominal Circumstantial Clauses: Omission, Inclusion and Disputed Cases
- Wāw replaces the pronoun’s referential role
- The pronoun identifies the referent; wāw marks circumstantial relation
- The two cannot co-occur in a nominal ḥāl
- The pronoun automatically becomes a conjunction