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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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Who or whom

So you are among 105 people who he follows

  

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anonymous So you are among 105 people who he follows It's a bit ambiguous in that that it's not clear whom he follows: is it "you" (who happened to be among 105 people) or is it "105 people" (including "you")? Anyway, "who", "whom" or zero relative pronoun are possible in the cited sentence. )

  • anonymous So you are among 105 people who he follows It's a bit ambiguous in that that it's not clear whom he follows: is it "you" (who happened to be among 105 people) or is it "105 people" (including "you")?
  • Anyway, "who", "whom" or zero relative pronoun are possible in the cited sentence.
  • )
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anonymous

So you are among 105 people who he follows

It's a bit ambiguous in that that it's not clear whom he follows: is it "you" (who happened to be among 105 people) or is it "105 people" (including "you")?

Anyway, "who", "whom" or zero relative pronoun are possible in the cited sentence.

(I'm a non-native.)

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"Whom" is technically correct, and "who" is not. However, "whom" in that position has disappeared in everyday use in the United States, and everybody uses "who". In formal English, I think "whom" is still better.

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