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This is probably an easy question, but I can't find a clear satisfying answer
to it after looking it up so I figured I'd ask here.

> 自分がどんな人であるか **を** 知ってもらいたい

１) Why can を act on a particle? I understand のか, なんか as they are compound
words which can be treated as nouns, i.e direct objects by を (or so I
believe), but why here?

Is it simply omitting the の because it's obvious (のかを)→(かを), and if not what's
the difference between のか and か in that sentence?
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particles particle-の particle-か
を after particle (であるかを)
> 「自分{じぶん}がどんな人{ひと}であるか **を** 知{し}ってもらいたい。」 ("I want you/them/people, etc. to
> know what kind of person I am.")

This is a completely grammatical and natural-sounding sentence, including the
use of 「を」.

> Why can を act on a particle? I understand のか, なんか as they are compound words
> which can be treated as nouns, i.e direct objects by を (or so I believe),
> but why here?

The 「を」 does not act only on the particle 「か」 here. It is acting on the whole
preceding phrase 「自分がどんな人であるか」, which is a **_noun phrase_**. 「noun phrase + を
+ 知る」 is perfectly correct. It does not have to be a simple single-word noun
that immediately precededs the 「を」.

「どんな人である **か** 」 means virtually the same thing as 「どんな人である **のか** 」 and
**_both are noun phrases_**.

> Is it simply omitting the の because it's obvious (のかを)→(かを), and if not
> what's the difference between のか and か in that sentence?

I would not say it is omitting the 「の」 because it is already "complete"
without it. This 「の」, if used, helps emphasize the statement. It would be, in
a way, analogous to the difference between "what kind of person I am" and
"what kind of person I _really_ am".
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