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That does not mean your second sentence analysis is correct, but that we are of the same opinion. when is an adverb and conjunction, but not a relative pronoun. In modern English there are five relative pronouns: that, which, who, whom, and whose.

"I explained to her what your concerns are." explained = transitive verb to her (to whom?) = prep phrase; her = object of the prep and indirect object of explained. what her concerns are = noun clause = direct object. Usually, heavier and longer clauses go to the end of the sentence.

Teleostomi wrote: I had the grilled fish taken away by our cat.Can this sentence both mean (1) "I intentionally left the fish so that our cat could take it to wherever she wants to eat it." and(2) "I left the fish, not having anticipated our cat would come and take it away."? The forum...

No. All of these are examples of nouns - people whom the speaker could be addressing his comments to: Tomyou idiotsweetheartyou sweet thingmy belovedyou crazy manwild thing

No, it's not mandatory. However, if you use it, in formal contexts, who should be replaced with whom, as it's grouped with a preposition (about). Especially in BrE.

CalifJim wrote:insects which / insects that insects with whichI'm astonished at "insects who".CJ Like CJ, I'm surprised to see 'who' used in relation to insects. The relative pronoun ‘who’ can be used only with humans. In children’s stories, animal characters are personalised and we can...

With certain interrogative constructions I can't, try as I might, understand why "who" is the pronoun, and not "whom".An example from Fowler's: "You mean Loesby?" "Who do you think I mean?"I thought it would have been "Whom do you think I mean?"Who is the subject and who is the object...

Hello everyone, I have some trouble with recognizing subject-verb agreement in cases where the verb occurs in the sub-ordinate clause and refers back to a noun/subject in the main clause For instance could you please let me know which of the following sentences is correct. 1)In good years,...

The Antonym of Sin In order to arrive at a suitable antonym for the word “sin”, one must understand the word as it is correctly used in the English language. This explanation will address the meaning of sin and its antonym in an attempt to assist in gaining a more thorough understanding. As a...

The pronoun who is used as a subject in a sentence, while the pronoun whom is used as an object in a sentence. Example of using the word who in a sentence: 1. Who is at the door? 2. Who is that over there?To check yourself, just answer the question using he for the pronoun who....