English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Tricky sentence analysis
They will steal from whomever they can steal from.
1) Is this grammatical?
2) from whomever they can steal from=is this a prepositional clause? How does it function?
3) I assume there is no way to move the preposition away from the end of the sentence? Why not?
Knowing who/whom to trust...
4) Should I treat 'who/whom as the subject of the non-finite verb 'to trust' or the object of the verbal 'knowing'?
Thanks
1) Is this grammatical?
2) from whomever they can steal from=is this a prepositional clause? How does it function?
3) I assume there is no way to move the preposition away from the end of the sentence? Why not?
Knowing who/whom to trust...
4) Should I treat 'who/whom as the subject of the non-finite verb 'to trust' or the object of the verbal 'knowing'?
Thanks
Top answer
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well, the first problem I think, it is correct, and I have no I idea how to explain it to you.
But the second one, Knowing who/whom to trust, both are correct.
we use "who" only for conversation ( we could say, that is informal)
but we use "whom" on Essay (formal word)
bassically, the correct usage on that sentence is using "whom"
but we very often use "whom" in
But the second one, Knowing who/whom to trust, both are correct.
we use "who" only for conversation ( we could say, that is informal)
but we use "whom" on Essay (formal word)
bassically, the correct usage on that sentence is using "whom"
but we very often use "whom" in
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