http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aNominative+tag%3aDifference+between+tag%3aWhomSearch results for 'tag:Nominative tag:Difference between tag:Whom' matching tags 'Nominative', 'Difference between', and 'Whom'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3273.32735)http://www.englishforums.com/English/OneOfThoseWhoAndOneOfWhom/gkqvl/post.htm#554959Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:08:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:554959avangi Who threw the stone reply It is one of those who are angry I don t think one is the subject of anything here It s a predicate nominative or complement of the verb is It is the subject of the sentence and who is the subject of the relative clause who are angry The relative clause modifies those which is object of the preposition of Those who are angry are a group of angry people one of whom threw the stone But you would have to rephrase the sentence in order to make one the subject Nobody in this group is angry It is one of those who is angry Note that who may be singular or plural This time one is still the verb complement Who is angry is still a relative clause The chief difference between these two interpretations lies in the answer to the question In the relative clause what does who refer to In the first interpretation it refers to those In the second one it refers to one But that doesn t entitle those and one to be called subjects Your sentence It is one of whom are angry has a couple of things wrong with it One is now the bona fide subject of the clause one of whom is angry Whom is object of the preposition of but unfortunately it has nothing to refer to A group of people are partying in the next room one of whom is angry In this sentence whom refers to group Re one of those who one of whom the difference is often only a technicality She decided to give it to one of those who love her She decided to give it to one of those whom she loves The key lies in the subject and object of the clauses In who love her who is the subject love is the verb and her is the object In whom she loves she is the subject loves is the verb and whom is the object Who and she are nominative case whom and her are objective case Best regards A http://www.englishforums.com/English/ExamplesNominativeWhomErrorneously-UsedEmbeddedClauses/cljzz/post.htm#223776Tue, 09 May 2006 02:47:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:223776grammar geek Anonymous wrote dose anyone no what the difference between a nominative and an objective natty Yes natty we do But you ll have a better chance of getting a response if you start a new thread with your question And more importantly it sounds like a homework question Do you know where to start in answering that question We can help you with your answer but not write it for you http://www.englishforums.com/English/ExamplesNominativeWhomErrorneously-UsedEmbeddedClauses/cljbd/post.htm#223706Mon, 08 May 2006 22:37:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:223706anonymousdose anyone no what the difference between a nominative and an objective natty