 #2 (permalink) Fri Oct 09, 2009 22:43 pm whom vs. whose |
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Whom is used when it is the object of the finite verb in the subordinate clause: The man whom I killed was my father: "whom I killed" is the subordinate clause, and "whom" is the object of "killed": who was it that I killed? => the man. You could replace the whole sentence with: I killed a man; he was my father.
Whose is used when it is the possessive in the subordinate clause: The man whose wife I killed was my father: "whose wife I killed" is the subordinate clause, and "whose" is a possessive belonging to "wife: I killed the wife of which person? => the man. You could replace the whole sentence with: I killed a man's wife; he was my father. |
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