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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Relative Pronoun

In good years, the patchwork of green fields that surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of whom are in the area just for the season.



In good years, the patchwork of green fields that surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them are in the area just for the season.

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What is the difference between above two sentences?

  

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Hi, In good years, the patchwork of green fields that surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of whom are in the area just for the season. 'Whom' is a relative pronoun, so the last part of the sentence is a relative clause. In other words, this is all a single sentence.

  • Hi, In good years, the patchwork of green fields that surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of whom are in the area just for the season.
  • 'Whom' is a relative pronoun, so the last part of the sentence is a relative clause.
  • In other words, this is all a single sentence.
  • In good years, the patchwork of green fields that surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of them are in the area just for the season.
  • 'Them' is not a relative pronoun, so the last part can't be joined to the first part as a relative clause.
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Hi,
In good years, the patchwork of green fields that surrounds the San Joaquin Valley town bustles with farm workers, many of whom are in the area just for the season.
'Whom' is a relative pronoun, so the last part of the sentence is a relative clause. In othe

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