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As above, with whom, for whom; without whom, from whom , etc. These would be used in questions and in relative clauses. With whom did you attend the play? For whom are you waiting? From whom did you receive that letter? The man of whom I spoke yesterday has arrived. Miss Thomas was the woman...

"Give a yearbook to whoever paid for one." what is the subject, verb, and complements? what part of speech is every word in this sentence? I know that "a" is an article, but what about "whoever" and so on? and is this one whole independent clause or 2? HELP!!...

Usually we use 'who' to refer to persons, however, 'that' is also acceptable. I really like the www.dictionary.com for its explanations. Here is a clip from "that": —Usage note 4 . When that introduces a relative clause, the clause is usually restrictive; that...

Use of Participle Clauses If a clause is shortened using a participle construction, the clause is called participle clause. Example: Watching TV , she forgot everything around her. In English, participle clauses are mainly used in writing in order to put a lot of information into one...

Both the first and third examples work. The first is the gerund construction, the third is the subjunctive construction. The second is incorrect. However, despite being technically correct, both the first and third examples still sound awkward. Ultimately, I think this is because it sounds...

<<<>>>The abnormality of fan motor for computer no.1, which motor tripped as the operating temperature at 28C, has been vertified by technician. Yes, the sentence sounded bumpy and stiff, aside from grammatical mistakes. Technical report needs to be clear and accurate....

Hi Anc - I wasn't suggesting you use does instead of do in your "third type of construction." I thought if I understood why you wanted to use "do" it might give me a clue as to what you have in mind. If you could only give us an example using "do" which...

The arrangement was more a formality than a genuine partnership of two nations This and your other examples are all varieties of the 'more...than' comparative structure. From Random House: Usage note Whether 'than' is to be followed by the objective or subjective case of a pronoun is much...

The original question I had to answer was is the cluase "that upset the audience" a noun clause or relative clause? I'm pretty sure it's a relative clause. Yes, it is, but it's not a common garden variety of relative clause because it is generated by a cleft construction. Also the pronoun...

Tanit wrote: Hi, good question! I was wandering whether a slightly different point of view exists as for the subject of the sentence: He is one that knows the solution to the problem. or He is one of the few that know the solution to the problem. ...