Can one use
a. He talked to us who were new at the office.
b. He talked to you who were new at the office.
c. He talked to them who were new at the office.
instead of
a1. He talked to those of us who were new at the office.
b1. He talked to those of you who were new at the office.
c1. He talked to those of them who were new at the office.
I want to see if pronouns in the objective case can be postmodified with a restrictive clause.
Many thanks
you who were new at the office
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Re: you who were new at the office
No, this use of object pronouns is no longer acceptable in contemporary English.