16 Relative Pronouns of People and Things

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Introduction

Pronouns are words used to avoid repetitions of a noun {see Subject Pronoums, A1 Level}.

Relative pronouns are used to introduce relative clauses. They refer to people or things by replacing the subject expressed in the main clause to avoid the repetition of it in the relative clause {see  Relative Pronouns, A1 level}.

Form

Relative pronouns whom and whose come after nouns.

Example

  • Whom
    • I called the salesman from whom I bought this watch.
    • This is the woman to whom I wanted to speak.
    • The people, for whom they were waiting, have arrived.
  • Whose
    • Helen, whose father is a baker, lives in an industrial city.
    • This is the painter whose statue is in the main square of the city.
    • This is my cousin whose clothes shop has the most expensive clothes.

Use

Whom and whose are used to introduce relative clauses. They refer to people or things, and are used to identify them and to add information about them. We use:

  • Whom to discover which person receives an action;
  • Whose to find out which person something belongs to.

Summary

Relative pronouns whom and whose are used to introduce relative clauses, and to avoid repeating the subject of the main clause in the relative clause. Both refer to people and are used after nouns.

For example:
— “I am dating the girl whom I met at the restaurant.” = Whom refers to the girl.
— “The girl, whose brother owns this restaurant, is Italian.” = Whose refers to the girl.

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