All of them vs. all of whom
Why is "all of whom" wrong in this sentence?
1. on March 21, with two days' rations left, Scott, Wilson, and Bowers, all of them faint with hunger and ravaged by scurvy, pitched their tent as a raging gale approached.
2. on March 21, with two days' rations left, Scott, Wilson, and Bowers, all of whom faint with hunger and ravaged by scurvy, pitched their tent as a raging gale approached.
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mehdi kord Why is " all of whom " wrong in this sentence? 1. O n March 21, with two days' rations left, Scott, Wilson, and Bowers, all of them faint with hunger and ravaged by scurvy, pitched their tent as a raging gale approached.
- mehdi kord Why is " all of whom " wrong in this sentence?
- 1.
- O n March 21, with two days' rations left, Scott, Wilson, and Bowers, all of them faint with hunger and ravaged by scurvy, pitched their tent as a raging gale approached.
- 2.
- O n March 21, with two days' rations left, Scott, Wilson, and Bowers, all of whom faint with hunger and ravaged by scurvy, pitched their tent as a raging gale approached.
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mehdi kordWhy is "all of whom" wrong in this sentence?
1. On March 21, with two days' rations left, Scott, Wilson, and Bowers, all of them faint with hunger and ravaged by scurvy, pitched their tent as a raging gale approached.
2. On March 21, with two days' rati
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