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JJDouglas Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
"Both of who" or "both of whom"?
I am unsure of whether to use "who" or "whom" in the following example.
"The film was written by Smith and Mosier, both of who also produced and edited."
"The film was written by Smith and Mosier, both of whom also produced and edited."
The rule is that "who" should be used for the subject of the clause, so surely that would be the best option for this example (Smith and Mosier are the subjects acting upon the object of the film, right?). But "whom" still sounds better in this case, so I have become very confused.
Does taking out "both of" make any difference?
"The film was edited by Smith and Mosier, who/whom also produced and edited."
What would be the correct usage here?
"The film was written by Smith and Mosier, both of who also produced and edited."
"The film was written by Smith and Mosier, both of whom also produced and edited."
The rule is that "who" should be used for the subject of the clause, so surely that would be the best option for this example (Smith and Mosier are the subjects acting upon the object of the film, right?). But "whom" still sounds better in this case, so I have become very confused.
Does taking out "both of" make any difference?
"The film was edited by Smith and Mosier, who/whom also produced and edited."
What would be the correct usage here?
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The sentence is ungrammatical. "The film was written by Smith and Mosier. " JJDouglas The rule is that "who" should be used for the subject of the clause No, both (a pronoun) is the subject.
- The sentence is ungrammatical.
- "The film was written by Smith and Mosier.
- " JJDouglas The rule is that "who" should be used for the subject of the clause No, both (a pronoun) is the subject.
- Whom would be the object of a preposition of.
- eg.
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The sentence is ungrammatical.
"The film was written by Smith and Mosier. Both of them also produced and edited it."
Whom would be the object of a preposition of.
eg.
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"The film was written by Smith and Mosier. Both of them also produced and edited it."
JJDouglasThe rule is that "who" should be used for the subject of the clauseNo, both (a pronoun) is the subject.
Whom would be the object of a preposition of.
eg.
... b
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Oh, I see. I didn't realise that "both" could be the subject of the clause. That makes a lot more sense. Thank you for your reply.
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