Is it correct (Relative Clause)?

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	Penicillin  #398280  Mon, 30 Jul 07 02:39 AM Is this sentence correct? - This man that I can trust. What about this? - This is the man that I can trust. Thanks    Penicillin Joined on Wed, Aug 25 2004 Full Member (304)
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	Chrismlangan  #398282  Mon, 30 Jul 07 02:46 AM I would go with "This is the man whom I can trust."    Chrismlangan Joined on Thu, Jul 5 2007 Full Member (108)
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	Yoong Liat  #398285  Mon, 30 Jul 07 03:40 AM  Onh1986 wrote: This man that I can trust. This is the man that I can trust. The second sentence is correct. This is the man whom I can trust is also correct.    Yoong Liat Joined on Mon, Sep 4 2006 Singapore Veteran Member (6,100) Yoong Liat
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	Linguaphile  #398467  Mon, 30 Jul 07 04:06 PM even better This is the man I can trust.    Linguaphile Joined on Tue, Jul 17 2007 Turkey Full Member (140)
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	Anonymous  #398617  Mon, 30 Jul 07 10:18 PM You should see this article on the use of the relative pronoun "whom."    Anonymous
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	Grammar Geek  #398632  Tue, 31 Jul 07 12:25 AM I completely agree with Linguaphile.    Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Pennsylvania, USA Veteran Member (16,098) Barbara, who answers in American English.
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	Yoong Liat  #398712  Tue, 31 Jul 07 06:15 AM This is the man who I can trust is also correct. Correct me if I'm wrong.    Yoong Liat
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	Cool Breeze  #398999  Tue, 31 Jul 07 11:37 PM  Yoong Liat wrote: This is the man who I can trust is also correct. Correct me if I'm wrong. Hi YL You are right and wrong. There is no agreement. Most grammarians think whom is to be preferred in formal style. The truth is that who has been used by distinguished writers for as long as who/whom/whose have been used as relative pronouns. Cheers CB    Cool Breeze Joined on Fri, Apr 7 2006 Helsinki, Finland Senior Member (3,006) The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.- Mark Twain
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