Most of whom

Is the "most of whom" above correct? Yes
Is it correct to say "most of them" instead? No

Consider these simpler examples.

eg I have 100 friends. Most of them are women.

eg I have 100 fri

Thanks a lot, Clive.

A bomb went off in a discotheque in West Berlin early this morning, killing at least two people and injuring as many as 80 others, most of them believed to be Americans, the Defense Department said. (http://articles.latimes

HUBLOTIs the "most of them" here wrong?

No. It is correct in this sentence. This is not the same construction as the previous example.

A literary group gathered around A, B, C, and others, most of whom believed in the virtues...

In the relative clause, most is the subject and believed is the verb. It is an active voice clause, fully in

When adding information that refers to the subject, a relative pronoun should be used, either "which" for things or "whom" for people.

"Them" is an objective personal pronoun not a relative pronoun, which should therefore be used in place of a noun operating as the object of the sentence.

Refering to people.../...Referring to things
Most of whom.../...most of w

Thanks a lot, AlpheccaStars. Do your sentences 1 and 2 mean the same thing?

Thanks a lot, KJinCali79.

They have the same meaning. Only the grammatical structure is different.

Thank you, AS.