Subject | Object | Possessive |
who | who(m) | whose |
which | which | whose |
that | that |
- who and whom for people
- which for things.
- that for people or things
Usage
- after a noun:
– The chapel that Baelor built.
– The person who discovered the prisoner’s secret .
– An eighth-grader who attempted to skip school.
- to tell more about a person or thing:
– My sister, who studied abroad, has always been insightful.
– Lord Frey, who was 98, has just died.
– We had lemon cakes, which are Sansa’s favorite.
- do not use that as a subject:
- whose as the possessive form of who:
– This is Gregor, whose brother went to war with me.
- whom / who as the object of a verb or preposition:
– This is Robb, whom you met at my daughter’s wedding. / This is Robb, who you met at my daughter’s wedding.
- whom or which after a preposition:
– I had an uncle in Westeros, from who[m] I inherited a castle.
– We brought an axe, with which we cut up all the firewood.
or
- preposition at the end of the clause:
– I had an uncle in Westeros who[m] I inherited a castle from.
– We brought an axe, which we cut all the firewood up with.
or
- that at the beginning of the clause:
– I had an uncle in Westeros that I inherited a castle from.
– We brought an axe that we cut all the firewood up with.
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Very useful grammar concepts