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4444mv Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

who/whom/which

Hi, Which is correct?
I have been meeting some friends recently, one of who/whom/which is George Hamilton.
Thanks.
  

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"whom" and "which" both work. "who" sounds wrong. While "who" is often used in place of "whom" in informal English, this does not work well after a preposition.

— GPY

  • "whom" and "which" both work.
  • "who" sounds wrong.
  • While "who" is often used in place of "whom" in informal English, this does not work well after a preposition.
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"whom" and "which" both work.

"who" sounds wrong. While "who" is often used in place of "whom" in informal English, this does not work well after a preposition.
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GPY"whom" and "which" both work."who" sounds wrong. While "who" is often used in place of "whom" in informal English, this does not work well after a preposition.
Thanks GPY. What confuses me is that which /who/whom in this case is the subject ot the clause: one of which/whom/who is George Hamilton, so don't we use only who or which as subjects?
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"which/whom" is considered the object of "of". This takes precedence.
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GPY"which/whom" is considered the object of "of". This takes precedence.
I understand it now. Thank you, GPY.
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Can I post again the questions that were not answered?Emotion: sad
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4444mvCan I post again the questions that were not answered?
You mean questions from another thread? If they have not been answered for a number of days, and have scrolled down to the point where no one is now likely to notice them, then yes. If they are recent then please wait a while.
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Ok thank you, GPY. I posted them yesterday so I'll wait.
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4444mvOk thank you, GPY. I posted them yesterday so I'll wait.
I forgot to mention ... post a link to the other thread here, and I'll take a look. However, I may not be able to answer them.
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GPY 4444mvOk thank you, GPY. I posted them yesterday so I'll wait.I forgot to mention ... post a link to the other thread here, and I'll take a look. However, I may not be able to answer them.
Ok GPY. Here it is:

Can we omit 'that' in a cleft sentence when the focus is an adverbial of time? E.g. It was not until yesterday (that) I realized he was lyi
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I made a comment at the other thread.
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