Difference between revisions of "Who"

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*Marla's the one who's supposed to be doing this, not me!
 
*Marla's the one who's supposed to be doing this, not me!
 
*She's the person who volunteered...
 
*She's the person who volunteered...
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==Derived forms==
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who<span style="font-size:80%;">(m)</span>ever:  ''n'importe qui, qui qu'il soit, quiconque, ...''

Revision as of 18:10, 2 May 2020

Subject pronoun: who

  • Who asked him?
  • Who told her?

Object pronoun: whom

  • The person whom I thought was responsible was not in fact to blame.
  • Ask not for whom the bell tolls.
  • To whom it may concern:

whom has fallen into disuse except when following a preposition.


Interrogative pronoun

An unknown (wh-) person

  • Who did you see?
  • Hmm... who(m) should we ask?

Relative pronoun

allows further modification of the preceding noun or pronoun.

  • Marla's the one who's supposed to be doing this, not me!
  • She's the person who volunteered...

Derived forms

who(m)ever: n'importe qui, qui qu'il soit, quiconque, ...