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Re: Whom or Who?

jazzmaster — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:41:45 GMT

CalifJim
You need who. They wish that their children (subject of clause) would grow up ...
who is the subject form, not whom.
... of their children who (they wish) would grow up ...
CJ

Thanks CJ.
I thought about that. But I figured otherwise: "they (the parents) wish that their children would grow up" -> "the parents wish that the children (object of the clause) would grow up".

I pulled a couple of sentences from a dictionary:

1. The man whom you just met is a detective.
2. I received a gift from a girl whom I thought did not like me.

So they take "whom" because the relative pronoun must refer to the object of 1. you met, 2. I thought did not like me, which are "the man" and "a girl" respectively. Therefore object form "whom" is more suitable than subject form "who".

Man, these are hard to explain with words ...

jm

Whom or Who?

jazzmaster — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:24:10 GMT

I need your opinion on the usage of the relative pronoun "whom" in this sentence.

Or should it be "who" instead? Is this sentence correct in general? :

Parents are feeling responsible for the bad behaviors of their children whom they wish would grow up for the better later.

(The pronoun "they" right after "whom" of course refers to "the parents".)

Thanks for your input.

Re: Whom and Who

Mister Micawber — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 06:29:36 GMT

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Hello, yhaj-- and welcome to English Forums. Your sentence should read:

I love Eliza, who parked cars in the parking lot.

Who is the pronoun used for subjects, and here who is the subject for parked.

Re: real or unreal

Anonymous — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:33:41 GMT

Thank you.

You wrote:

If the preposition is in the middle of the sentence, [the pronoun] '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, having a 'would' in a conditional sentence would stand out as 'wrong'. We only seem to use 'would' in a second conditional and rarely in a first conditional of the case involving mutual reciprocity like here.

If you would give me a pencil, I would give you a pen.
If you happened to give me a pencil, I would give you a pen.

Re: real or unreal

Huevos — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:19:12 GMT

Anonymous
If the preposition was in the middle of the sentence, 'whom' seemed to be needed.

If the preposition were in the middle of the sentence, [the pronoun] 'whom' would seem to be necessary.

Anonymous
If the preposition is in the middle of the sentence, 'whom' seems to be needed.

If the preposition is in the middle of the sentence, [the pronoun] '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.

Re: The difference between 'who' and 'whom'

CalifJim — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:54:52 GMT

Anonymous
I donât like the boy to whom you are talking
I donât like the boy who you are talking to

They are both correct, right?

Yes. They are both correct.

Anonymous
I think "I don't like the boy who you are talking to" is incorrect.

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 you're talking to.

Re: Two relative pronouns in the sentence

CalifJim — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:57:49 GMT

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!

Re: Grammar rules - check for correctness - a kind teacher please :)

Angle1 — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:23:55 GMT

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 donÂ´t know if there is a mistake in this sentence
She flouts her mink coat whenever she goes with us so that we will think she is very wealthy

They threated him like he was their own son

Like >>> as if we have a verb in a comparative sentence, we must use as instead of like

He was >> he were - we need a subjunctive here, but I cannot explain why

Many a box of bananas have been sent to Europe

Many a box + has / many boxes + have

What kind of these structures is commonly used

The two last comeptitors, who had to lose or gain the most were affected deeply

Who had to lose or gain the most >> who had the most to lose or gain

How to explain it? Is this

Were affected deeply >> were deeply affected â the adverb determines the adjective

His serious thoughts were bent irrevocable

Bent irrevocable >> bent irrevocably â But how to explain it??

I think that is everything what I need to to discuss

If you want to discuss only few examples, no problem - I would be glad if you would do anything. Thank you very much for your help

Re: Grammar rules - check for correctness - a kind teacher please :)

Angle1 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:30:38 GMT

Here are some examples

The main point is to explain the correct answer
The 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 because Jack didnÂ´t show up

Real >> really - we use an adverb to determine the adjective

Fewer of the passangers is sick today

Fewer >> One - the verb is refers to singular, so we need to use singular pronoun

I asked my brother whom was on the phone

Whom >> who â Whom i sused in object case and with pronouns â we need a subject for the verb in the second clause

Jorge doesnÂ´t have no bullets in his rifle

No >> any - we should avoid double negation in written English. We could use either has + no or negation + any

I am just a little confused whether or not to go on exam.

Whether to be or not to be â I know how it should be, but I cannot explain it :/

Having be a dancer myself, I have excellent posture

Having be >> beeing â but how to explain it ???

I never did like these kind of exercises

These >> that â but could it be also this if I were pointing at it?

Kind is singular, so we need a singular demostrative pronoun

You telling the truth is ..

You >> your â telling is a gerund, gerunds are used like nouns. We need a possessive pronoun

The bakery depends on meal beeing delivered without delay

Meal >> mealÂ´s â beeing is a gerund, and meal refers to this gerund. We need to use a genitive form with âÂ´sâ

Re: relative clause

26TMNTJG2PG — Fri, 16 May 2008 09:43:04 GMT

1. The name of the man who Tom called uncle is Bobby Brown.
If you rewrite "man who (subjective case) Tom called uncle", it becomes "Tom called he (subjective case) uncle". It should be "Tom called him (objective case) uncle" from the choice "man whom"; but there is no such choice.

Therefore, A is not correct. (For a simple guideline for the use of "who"/"whom", kindly refer to "Who" or "Whom" (relative pronouns).

2. Jonny is the only __ I know in the meeting.
(A) cannot be used as per the above explanation but (B) is correct to some as "that" for human is a disputed usage. (For a little bit more on "that", you can read The relative pronoun - that.

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Re: Whom or Who?

Whom or Who?

Re: Whom and Who

Re: real or unreal

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Re: The difference between 'who' and 'whom'

Re: Two relative pronouns in the sentence

Re: Grammar rules - check for correctness - a kind teacher please :)

Re: Grammar rules - check for correctness - a kind teacher please :)

Re: relative clause

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