Él es quien probablemente tendrá éxito.

Sentence Discussions Spanish
#1

This one confused me slightly. Normally if I were saying this with a specific person, I would say something like “Ricardo es él quien probablemente tendrá éxito.”

Is the second “él” omitted here so as not to be redundant? And is this a legit thing to do in general? Is the “él” mandatory if you have a different subject of the sentence?

#2

You can say either “el que” or “quien”, but you can’t mix them. And “él quien” would only work if you said “Es él quien tendrá éxito”.

Disclaimer: I’m not a native speaker.