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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
whom
whom [whom] BrE [huːm] NAmE [huːm] pronoun (formal) used instead of ‘who’ as the object of a verb or preposition • Whom did they invite? • To whom should I write? •The author whom you criticized in your review has written a reply. •Her mother, in whom she confided, said she would support her unconditionally. Grammar Point: whom Whom is not used very often in spoken English. Who is usually used as the object pronoun, especially in questions: ▪ Who did you invite to the party? The use of whom as the pronoun after prepositions is very formal: ▪ To whom should I address the letter? ◇ ▪ He asked me with whom I had discussed it. In spoken English it is much more natural to use who and put the preposition at the end of the sentence: ▪ Who should I address the letter to? ◇ ▪ He asked me who I had discussed it with. In defining relative clauses the object pronoun whom is not often used. You can either use who or that, or leave out the pronoun completely: ▪ The family (who/that/whom) I met at the airport were very kind. In non-defining relative clauses who or, more formally, whom (but not that) is used and the pronoun cannot be left out: ▪ Our doctor, who/whom we all liked very much, retired last week. This pattern is not used very much in spoken English.
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