Trabalhos
example sentences
S=subject, O=object, P=possessive | notes | defining relative clauses | S | - The person who phoned me last night is my teacher.
- The person that phoned me last night is my teacher. | That is preferable | | | - The car which hit me was yellow.
- The car that hit me was yellow. | That is preferable | | O | - The person whom I phoned last night is my teacher.
- The people who I phoned last night are my teachers.
- The person that I phoned last night is my teacher.
- The person I phoned last night is my teacher. | Whom is correct but formal. The relative pronoun is optional. | | | - The car which I drive is old.
- The car that I drive is old.
- The car I drive is old. | That is preferable to which. The relative pronoun is optional. | | P | - The student whose phone just rang should stand up.
- Students whose parents are wealthy pay extra. | | | | - The police are looking for the car whose driver was masked.
- The police are looking for the car of which the driver was masked. | Whose can be used with things. Of which is also possible. | non-defining relative clauses | S | - Mrs Pratt, who is very kind, is my teacher. | | | | - The car, which was a taxi, exploded.
- The cars, which were taxis, exploded. | | | O | - Mrs Pratt, whom I like very much, is my teacher.
- Mrs Pratt, who I like very much, is my teacher. | Whom is correct but formal. Who is common in spoken English and informal written English. | | | - The car, which I was driving at the time, suddenly caught fire. | | | P | - My brother, whose phone you just heard,