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Grammar and Linguistics > Prepositions in relative clause
Prepositions in relative clause
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hussamk2000
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Prepositions in relative clause
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Hello , everybody
I need your help to choose the best option from the list bellow:
1) John , with whom I played chess yesterday, is my friend.
2) John , with who I played chess yesterday, is my friend.
Other options are welcome.
Thanks in advance |
6 Dec 2013
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latty
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Hi,
I would choose option 1 ;)
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6 Dec 2013
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agnes31love
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hi!
the correct answer is the first one, but it �s rather formal.
Agnes
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6 Dec 2013
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joy2bill
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Well grammatically the first is correct but as a native speaker we would know instantly that English was not your native language as it is far too formal. We would say: John , who I played chess with yesterday , is my friend. or I played chess with my friend John yesterday. |
6 Dec 2013
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carmeladima
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Remember that "who" is a subject pronoun, "whom" is an object one. So my guess would be:
John, Whom I played chess with yesterday, is my friend.
Hope that will help |
6 Dec 2013
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mustaphaspider
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with whom is grammatically correct because we use preposition + whom not whois more formal
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6 Dec 2013
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essma
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the answer is very simple
who=is for the subject whom= is for the object so here we should use whom since the subject is - I- |
6 Dec 2013
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cunliffe
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I go with joy3bill - whom is far too formal for speech |
6 Dec 2013
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douglas
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So you all know the "rules", but we native speakers just don �t generally use "whom"-whom is, in most cases, leaving the Englsih language rather quickly.
So, if the question concerns some kind of a test, the correct answer is "whom"; if you want to sound "normal", use "who".
Cheers,
Douglas
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6 Dec 2013
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Tere-arg
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1) John , with whom I played chess yesterday, is my friend.
2) John , with who I played chess yesterday, is my friend.
1) is correct.
You may say:
a) John , with whom I played chess yesterday, is my friend. or
b) John , whom I played chess with yesterday, is my friend.
a) is formal
You may use a preposition before "whom", but never before "who".
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6 Dec 2013
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Tere-arg
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We, non-native speakers do sound "normal".
Maybe, sometimes, we do not sound "natural" 
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6 Dec 2013
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