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Snarf Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

...my friends who...

This goes to all my friends who have stuck by me from the very beginning.

Is that "who" right, or should it be "whom"? Or is "my friends" the object and "me" the subject, which would make it correct as written?

Thanks.
  

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Snarf Is that "who" right Yes. It's the subject of its clause. My friends have stuck by me .

— CalifJim

  • Snarf Is that "who" right Yes.
  • It's the subject of its clause.
  • My friends have stuck by me .
  • Substituting, you get who have stuck by me .
  • Snarf is "my friends" the object and "me" the subject, my friends is the object of the preposition to ; me is the object of the preposition by .
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SnarfIs that "who" right
Yes. It's the subject of its clause. My friends have stuck by me. Substituting, you get who have stuck by me.
Snarfis "my friends" the object and "me" the subject,
my friends is the object of the preposition to; me is the object of the preposition
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So is it prepositions that make something a subject rather than an object?
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This goes to all my friends. They have stuck by me from the very beginning.

This goes to all my friends who have stuck by me from the very beginning.

subject - who, they

object - whom, them
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SnarfSo is it prepositions that make something a subject rather than an object?
WHAT??? How did you get that? The nouns after prepositions are NEVER subjects!
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Oh, yes, sorry; I reversed the two in the question.
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