XD: I've just been thinking about the differences, and trying to come to some guidelines. Here it goes... Those can introduce a relative clause; them cannot. Those can be used in nominative case; them cannot. Examples: I like those who tell

I have never heard of any rule that prohibits the use of the relative pronoun "that" after the word "people". Some grammar books may state that "who" is often preferable, but I can't recall ever having seen any

With "or" as the conjunction, the relative clause only refers to the direct antecedent. If you say "and", then it applies to both together. What I have is this: I think the parent who is with the children during the day

Jon or his friends who live in a big house are planning the trip. Jon or his friend who drives the flashy hot rod is planning the trip. Did you use those relative pronouns as the modifiers of both 'Jon' and 'his friend(s)', AS?

1) He was as handsome a young man as ever walked along the streets of London." 2) He is as handsome as the young man I don't understand the word order of the first sentence in the above. Is it possible ' He was as handsome

When the subject is '(the) A or B', the verb agrees with the noun 'B'. Is it also true when '(the) A or B' is followed by a relative pronoun 'which/who/that' (i.e. '(the) A or B which/who/that...')?

"Adverbs" is Plural, So, we should use THOSE rather than THAT right? No. The relative pronoun is in play here, and your choices are that and which , both of which are correct. As I tried to explain earlier, those is one of four

That (which) = relative pronouns to introduce a subordinate (relative) clause. Those = demonstravie adjective or pronoun - others are these, this, that (which happens to look like the relative pronoun0 The sentence you started with is

In your original example about the suppliers, "this" (or, if you used it, "that") are demonstrative pronouns. They substitute for a noun or a noun phrase that has been specifically mentioned or is implied by context, or they

1. Neither L nor I know whom it was — I would call "whom" incorrect, in this sentence; consider: 2. Who was it? (By the way, the object of "know" is not the relative pronoun; it is the entire phrase "who it was".) Best