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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Who or Whom in this Case?
Hi guys
Can you help me? Should whom or who be used in the sentence below? I can't tell if I need to use the subject or object form. Alson, in the following provided example sentence, how can I tell whether I need the subject or object form of this pronoun?
"I went to my dentist, whom I have known for years, to get a checkup."
Thank you everyone!
Can you help me? Should whom or who be used in the sentence below? I can't tell if I need to use the subject or object form. Alson, in the following provided example sentence, how can I tell whether I need the subject or object form of this pronoun?
"I went to my dentist, whom I have known for years, to get a checkup."
Thank you everyone!
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Object case. Consider the dependent clause taken out of the sentence: I went to my dentist to get a checkup. I have known him for years.
- Object case.
- Consider the dependent clause taken out of the sentence: I went to my dentist to get a checkup.
- I have known him for years.
- "who" is the relative pronoun that links and replaces the pronoun (him) in the second sentence to "dentist" in the main sentence when you combine them.
- Notice that the case of the relative pronoun is dictated by the case of the pronoun in the second sentence (the dependent clause), not the main sentence: My dentist (subject), whom I have known for years, gave me my annual checkup.
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Object case.
Consider the dependent clause taken out of the sentence:
I went to my dentist to get a checkup. I have known him for years.
"who" is the relative pronoun that links and replaces the pronoun (him) in the second sentence to "dentist" in the main sentence when you combine them.
Notice that the case of the relative pronoun is dictated by the cas
Consider the dependent clause taken out of the sentence:
I went to my dentist to get a checkup. I have known him for years.
"who" is the relative pronoun that links and replaces the pronoun (him) in the second sentence to "dentist" in the main sentence when you combine them.
Notice that the case of the relative pronoun is dictated by the cas
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