I almost finished my home work. Is this sentence ok? ok It started to rain. It began to rain. What's the difference? no difference He lost his money and, what's worse, his wife. He is a famous artist whom many books have

Hi, Please don't use ALL CAPITAL letters. It's the Internet version of shouting, and no one likes to be shouted at. Strict presciptionists will tell you it should be "Whom are you here with?" but just about no one would

Why do we say 'most of whom' instead of 'most of who?' I was editing a paper today, and I came across this and although I've always always seen 'most of whom' in any sort of writing before, it just doesn't seem

Here goes the information from a dictionary. A continuing debate in English usage is the question of when to use who and when to use whom. According to formal grammar, who forms the subjective case and so should be used in subject position in a

Your use of because of whom is grammatical. because of who - No. You always need whom after a preposition. The preposition is of in this case. Note, however, that such structures are rarely heard in ordinary everyday conversation. CJ

The short answer: Use how when talking about manner or way: How can I help you? This is how you open a can . Use whom when referring to a person receiving the verb action or who is the object of a preposition: To whom do you wish to speak? The

Mary rode skates. - Skates is a direct object. Mary rode to the store. - Store is the object of the preposition "to." Mary rode home. - What is home? It's not a direct object because she didn't put a saddle on her home like she

The object of a preposition requires objective case, so whom is required in your sentence. Where is it not required (except very formally) is when the pronoun and the preposition are well-separated, as here: They have a daughter who/whom I have

Please help. Is the following correct?: They have two daughters, both of WHO graduated last year. Reason (?) : Subjective who - Both daughters (subject) graduated last year. OR should it be: They have two daughters, both of WHOM graduated last

Let me preface my question with this statement: grammar confuses me! Can a subordinate clause also be a prepositional phrase. Please consider the following: from whom I begged forgiveness. From is a preposition, but I have gathered that verbs