Difference between revisions of "Who"
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who<span style="font-size:80%;">(m)</span>ever: ''n'importe qui, qui qu'il soit, quiconque, ...'' | who<span style="font-size:80%;">(m)</span>ever: ''n'importe qui, qui qu'il soit, quiconque, ...'' | ||
| + | ==Disambiguation== | ||
| + | *Not to be confused with the World Heath Organisation (WHO / OMS) | ||
| + | *or with The Who singing their famous "Who <span style="color:#999;">''in the world''</span> are you" song... ^^ | ||
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| + | <html5media>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYb_nqU_43w</html5media> | ||
[[Category:100-en]][[Category:Incomplete]] | [[Category:100-en]][[Category:Incomplete]] | ||
Revision as of 23:40, 3 May 2020
Contents
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 one who volunteered...
- Look! It's the guy who was at the train station.
Derived forms
who(m)ever: n'importe qui, qui qu'il soit, quiconque, ...
Disambiguation
- Not to be confused with the World Heath Organisation (WHO / OMS)
- or with The Who singing their famous "Who in the world are you" song... ^^
