By Nouns, Whom

"Scurvy, a vitamin C deficiency, makes people weak and sore."Scurvy is the subject, because it is the thing which "makes people weak and sore."People is the direct object, because it is what scurvy is affecting, direct objects usually follow verbs.Weak and sore are objective...

"Scurvy, a vitamin C deficiency, makes people weak and sore."Scurvy is the subject, because it is the thing which "makes people weak and sore."People is the direct object, because it is what scurvy is affecting, direct objects usually follow verbs.Weak and sore are objective...

Thank you. You wrote:If the preposition is in the middle of the sentence, 'whom' would be necessary. To me using the word "seem" in a "would" clause seems very peculiar. Omiting the word "would" from the "would" clause also seems peculiar.To me,...

'whom' would be necessary. To me using the word "seem" in a "would" clause seems very peculiar. Omiting the word "would" from the "would" clause also seems peculiar.

Sorry. You think wrong. You can always use who instead of whom when you leave the preposition 'stranded' at the end. Use whom for very formal contexts.It would be quite idiomatic to leave out the relative pronoun completely, thus avoiding the use of whom:I don't like the boy...

Surely you can invent one of your own choosing! Make a sentence like the one the original poster submitted, extending it with another relative clause. He's already got who and that. Add which somewhere. Maybe you can even get a whom or a where in your sentence, too! CJ

Mr. Miclawer, I wasn’t going to expand this pluralization discussion on “creams” and “wines”. But it really bothered the heck out of me for two reasons. 1) I really wanted to find out if I was really blowing hot air on this subject because of my misunderstanding of this topic, and 2) if there...

It seems that in "men's toilet" and "teachers' seminar," whom it's for takes precedence over what it's for, therefore, possession. I think in both cases the nouns adaquately describe the purposes (toilet/seminar), although the second is probably more...

Some another issues to discuss I saw your old friend, him whom you pointed out at the last meeting Him whom >> whom Objective pronoun is redundand, we need only relative pronou I really don´t know if there is a mistake in this sentenceShe flouts her mink coat whenever she goes with us so...

Here are some examples The main point is to explain the correct answerThe sentences are little-bit childisch ;they are some modified sentences. I am afraid that my explanations seems to be a little childisch, too. So please help me how to turn it into the right explanation. Mary was real angry...