Remember "Who + m = Whom"; add an "m" to "who" for the object. "Whome" sounds like "home", but "Whom" refers to a person, not a place. "Whom" rhymes with "doom", while "Whome" has no common rhyming words. Think of "Whom" as the formal cousin of "Who". Memorize a simple phrase like: "To whom it may concern". And there's more wrong with those sentences besides "whom of which". – Jim. Mar 5, 2013 at 20:00. 4. This is fascinating. Google estimates half a million uses (which to be sure probably a tenth or hundredth that number) since the 1980s, mostly in the new century, and it has actually made it into a couple of dozen books. (Who, Whom) is the customer who wanted a replacement? 2. The visitor who asked for me was (who, whom)? 3. Was the new CEO (who, whom) we thought it would be? 4. The winner will be (whoever, whomever) is the top salesperson. 5. For (who, whom) was this new printer ordered? In the following sentences, determine whether to use whose or who’s 1. Who. or. Whom. ? Have you mastered the difference between the subject pronoun who and the object pronoun whom? Test your ability below.*. *Answers are based on the guidelines in Claire Cook’s Line by Line. MLA Style Center, the only authorized Web site on MLA style, provides free resources on research, writing, and documentation. Who’s is a contraction for “who is” or “who has.”. It can never be used to refer to possession. On the other hand, whom is a pronoun used as the object of a verb or preposition. Here’s a simple way to decide which to use: if you can replace the word with “he” or “she,” use who’s; if “him” or “her” fits, use whom. Điểm ngữ pháp 101: Sự khác nhau và cách sử dụng đúng ‘who’ và ‘whom’. Làm sao để dùng who và whom đúng cách? Câu trả lời rất đơn giản: nếu bạn có thể thay thế từ đó với ‘he” hoặc “she” thì bạn nên dùng “who”. Nếu bạn có thể thay bằng ‘him” hoặc “her EXAMPLES Whom did Mulan fool? (direct object) She told whom the secret of her identity? (indirect object) The general to whom I spoke was clearly the leader. (object of a preposition) • Rule 4: Use who’s as a contraction, whose as a possessive. Who’s means who is or who has. Whose is a pronoun that shows possession or ownership. EXAMPLES The interrogative pronoun who has different forms for different cases: who (subject form), whom (object form), whose (possessive form). What and which remain unchanged in all cases. The interrogative pronouns what and which can also be used as interrogative adjectives. They are then followed by the nouns which they qualify. I'm living in a country whose language I have been learning for less than 5 months. If the sentence must be formulated without whose, I think it would be grammatical to use one of the following structures: I'm living in a country the language of which I have been learning for less than 5 months. The relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which and that. The choice of which pronoun we use in a relative clause depends on: the type of clause (defining or non-defining), the function of the pronoun in the clause (subject, object, possessive determiner or object of a preposition), the style (formal or informal). When trying to decided whether to use qui or que remember this simple rule: “qui + verb”, “que + personal pronoun or person”. La voiture qui est (qui + verb) rapide est dans le garage. The car that’s fast is in the garage. La voiture que je (qui + personal pronoun) vais acheter est rouge. The car that I am going to buy is red. whose. (interrogative) Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's. Whose wallet is this? (relative) Of whom, belonging to whom . This is the man whose dog caused the accident. (= This man's dog caused the accident.) Venus, whose sister Serena is, won the latest championship. この例文では “the woman”）がその文章の中でどんな役割をしているかによって “who、which、whose、whom、that” と姿を変えます。 今回紹介する “whom” は、先行詞が【人】であり、かつ後ろに足される説明文（＝関係詞節と呼ばれます）の目的語となっている 2. Whom is a relative pronoun in a relative clause that modifies Katherine and Aiden. You can try this different ways to confirm: Credit must be given to K and A, who are my best friends. Credit must be given to K and A, whom I am grateful for. Them is not a relative pronoun. However, with a change of punctuation / intonation, you don't need a Whose refers to ownership. Whose dictionary is this? I don't know whose coat this is. There's the girl whose car was stolen. The student whose article was published received a prize. Whom: When who is the object of a verb, whom can be used instead, but it is formal and rather old-fashioned. In modern speech, we use who, or we leave out the K646j.

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