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Seoul Brother Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
about the relative pronouns
(A) I got married with a girl whom I met in the bus.
(B) I got married with the girl whom I met in the bus.
The sentences in the above looks like it have no grammarical errors.
Could you tell me the difference of the articles ' a and the'.
Thanks in advance.
(B) I got married with the girl whom I met in the bus.
The sentences in the above looks like it have no grammarical errors.
Could you tell me the difference of the articles ' a and the'.
Thanks in advance.
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If the girl on the bus has not been previously mentioned: I got married to a girl who/whom I met on a bus. If the girl on the bus has been previously mentioned: I got married to the girl who/whom I met on the bus. "whom" is formal; "who" would be the norm in everyday English.
- If the girl on the bus has not been previously mentioned: I got married to a girl who/whom I met on a bus.
- If the girl on the bus has been previously mentioned: I got married to the girl who/whom I met on the bus.
- "whom" is formal; "who" would be the norm in everyday English.
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If the girl on the bus has not been previously mentioned:
I got married to a girl who/whom I met on a bus.
If the girl on the bus has been previously mentioned:
I got married to the girl who/whom I met on the bus.
"whom" is formal; "who" would be the norm in everyday English.
I got married to a girl who/whom I met on a bus.
If the girl on the bus has been previously mentioned:
I got married to the girl who/whom I met on the bus.
"whom" is formal; "who" would be the norm in everyday English.
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