Unit 94. Relative clauses 3: whose / whom / where
Unit 94; Part A
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We use whose mostly for people: • A widow is a woman whose husband is dead. (her husband is dead) • What's the name of the man whose car you borrowed? (you borrowed his car) • I met someone whose brother I went to school with. (I went to school with his / her brother) Compare who and whose: • I met a man who knows you. (he knows you) • I met a man whose sister knows you. (his sister knows you) |
Unit 94; Part B

Whom is possible instead of who when it is the object of the verb in the relative clause (like the sentences in Unit 93B):
• The woman whom I wanted to see was away. (I wanted to see her)
You can also use whom with a preposition (to whom / from whom / with whom etc.):
• The people with whom I work are very nice. (I work with them)
But we do not often use whom in spoken English. We usually prefer who or that, or nothing (see Unit 93). So we usually say:
• The woman I wanted to see ... or The woman who/that I wanted to see ...
• The people I work with ... or The people who/that I work with ...
Unit 94; Part C
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• I recently went back to the town where I grew up. (or ... the town I grew up in or ... the town that I grew up in) • I would like to live in a place where there is plenty of sunshine. |
Unit 94; Part D
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• Do you remember the day (that) we went to the zoo? • The last time (that) I saw her, she looked fine. • I haven't seen them since the year (that) they got married. |
Unit 94; Part E
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• The reason I'm phoning you is to ask your advice. (or The reason that I'm phoning / The reason why I'm phoning) |
Exercises
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