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  2. Relative pronoun - Wikipedia

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    The element in the main clause that the relative pronoun in the relative clause stands for (house in the above example) is the antecedent of that pronoun.In most cases the antecedent is a nominal (noun or noun phrase), though the pronoun can also refer to a whole proposition, as in "The train was late, which annoyed me greatly", where the antecedent of the relative pronoun which is the clause ...

  3. English relative clauses - Wikipedia

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    The grammatical case of a relative pronoun governed by a preposition is the same as when it is the direct object of a verb: typically the objective case. When the relative pronoun follows the preposition, the objective case is required, as in "Jack is the boy with whom Jenny fell in love." while *"Jack is the boy with who Jenny fell in love"

  4. English relative words - Wikipedia

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    The English relative words are words in English used to mark a clause, noun phrase or preposition phrase as relative. The central relative words in English include who, whom, whose, which, why, and while, as shown in the following examples, each of which has the relative clause in bold: We should celebrate the things which we hold dear.

  5. Who vs. Whom: Here’s When to Use Each Word - AOL

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    The main difference between “who” and “whom” is that “who” should refer to the subject of a sentence or clause, while “whom” is meant to refer to the object of a preposition or verb.

  6. Relative clause - Wikipedia

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    If the relative pronoun is the object of the verb in the relative clause, it comes at the beginning of the clause even though it would come at the end of an independent clause ("She is the woman whom I saw", not "She is the woman I saw whom"). The choice of relative pronoun can be affected by whether the clause modifies a human or non-human ...

  7. Who (pronoun) - Wikipedia

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    The pronoun who, in English, is an interrogative pronoun and a relative pronoun, used primarily to refer to persons.. Unmarked, who is the pronoun's subjective form; its inflected forms are the objective whom and the possessive whose.

  8. English pronouns - Wikipedia

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    The relative pronoun which refers to things rather than persons, as in the shirt, which used to be red, is faded. For persons, who is used (the man who saw me was tall). The oblique case form of who is whom, as in the man whom I saw was tall, although in informal registers who is commonly used in place of whom.

  9. Which landmarks are affected by the wildfires in Los Angeles ...

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    The Getty Villa art museum is threatened by the flames of the wind-driven Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, Jan. 7, 2025. A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned ...