"Who" is not the subject of the relative clause, it should stand it the dative case, which is "whom". The second preposition should be "to" because one allows somethig _to_ somebody.

In the sentence, " Most of us are writing about someone whom we admire." Can you please help me identify the nouns, pronouns, and adjectives? I get: Most-pronoun us-pronoun someone-adjective whom-pronoun

<< ...it's you who likes to tease her. >> This one's a slam-dunk. It's subjective all the way around. The tough ones are when the objective case comes into play. It's you whom she likes to tease. The antecedent of

. The indefinite article certainly helps in the determination, though I doubt that it is much of a deciding point. In any case, your clause is most likely restrictive (defining) because the gentleman in this isolated sentence has no definition

I recently used the following question on a quiz: A gentleman ________ I had never seen before smiled at me. The students were to put the relative pronoun in the first blank and then write whether it was a defining or non-defining relative

Whom is not used very often in spoken English. Who is usually used as the object pronoun, especially in questions: Who did you invite to the party? The use of whom as the pronoun after prepositions is very formal: - To whom should I address the

"An old woman, whom he had seen before, open e d the door. The comma cannot be left out because the relative clause is nonrestrictive or nondefining. Both terms are used. Please use the Search Box to find out more about restrictive and

I believe you are correct. Generally, "he" equals who, and "him" equals whom - "To whom should I give the package?" "Give the package to him". But here, you would rephrase the sentence to read: "Give

Hi, only #1 and #3 are correct. The "who he believed/knew..." is a relative clause describing the girl and therefore the "who" should come immediately following "girl". Also, note that while many people (even native

1. That can usually be omitted when it's a conjunction: I know he is happy. 2. As a relative pronoun, that can be omitted in three contexts. i. That is the object of a verb : He is the man I saw there. | This is one of the books I