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whom [huːm] pron
the objective form of who, used when who is not the subject of its own clause whom did you say you had seen? he can't remember whom he saw [Old English hwām, dative of hwā who] Usage: It was formerly considered correct to use whom whenever the objective form of who was required. This is no longer thought to be necessary and the objective form who is now commonly used, even in formal writing: there were several people there who he had met before. Who cannot be used directly after a preposition - the preposition is usually displaced, as in the man (who) he sold his car to. In formal writing whom is preferred in sentences like these: the man to whom he sold his car. There are some types of sentence in which who cannot be used: the refugees, many of whom were old and ill, were allowed across the border Translations whom [huːm] PRON (frm) 1. (in direct and indirect questions) whom did you see? → ¿a quién viste? from whom did you receive it? → ¿de quién lo recibiste? I know of whom you are talking → sé de quién hablas 2. (relative) the gentleman whom I saw → el señor a quien or al cual or al que vi; (less formal) → el señor que vi the lady whom I saw → la señora a quien or a la cual or a la que vi; (less formal) → la señora que vi the lady with whom I was talking → la señora con la que or con la cual or con quien hablaba three policemen, none of whom wore a helmet → tres policías, ninguno de los cuales llevaba casco three policemen, two of whom were drunk → tres policías, dos de los cuales estaban borrachos three policemen, all of whom were drunk → tres policías, que estaban todos borrachos who, whom whom [ˈhuːm] whom pron (interrog) (acc) → wen; (dat) → wem (rel) (acc) → den/die/das; (dat) → dem/der/dem; …, all/both of whom were drunk → …, die alle/beide betrunken waren; none/all of whom → von denen keine(r, s)/alle whom → مَنْ komu hvem wem τον οποίο a quién ketä qui koga che 誰を 누구에게 wie hvem kogo que кто som ใคร kime/kimi người nào 谁 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Her father called her `Little Miss Tranquility', and the name suited her excellently, for she seemed to live in a happy world of her own, only venturing out to meet the few whom she trusted and loved. He was one of those men in whom the force that creates life is diffused, not centralized. During that burning day when we were crossing Iowa, our talk kept returning to a central figure, a Bohemian girl whom we had known long ago and whom both of us admired. |
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