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[Teo]

1. The name of the __ Tom called uncle is Bobby Brown.
(A) man who (B) man whose (C) man which (D) man
2. Johnny is the only __ I know in the meeting.
(A) person who (B) person that (C) person which (D) person whom
What are the answers to the above questions?
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[rice07]

Hi

Cited ' Practical English Usage ' as saying:

1. relative clauses: the man (who) we met

In indentifying relative clauses, whom is unusual in an informal style. Either we leave out the object pronoun, or we use that or who.

--There's the man (that) / (who) we met in the pub last night.

In a formal style whom is more common.

--She married a man whom she met at a conference.

In non-identifying relative clause, we usually use whom as an object when necessary (but these clauses are uncommon in informal English).

-- This is John Perkins, whom you met at the sales conference.

-- I have a number of American relatives, most of whom live in Texas.

2.who(m) he thought etc

In a sentence like He was tring to find an old friend, who(m) he thought was living in New Zealand, people are often unsure whether whom is possible ( because it seems to be the object of the first following verb) or whether they should use who (because it is the subject of the second verb). Who is considered more correct, but whom is sometimes used. Another example:

-- There is a child in this class who(m) I believe is a musical genius.

In cases with a following infinitive, usage is mixed, but whom is considered more correct.

-- There is a child in the class who(m) I believe to be a musical genius.

3. After some verbs the direct object can be followed by an ' object complement '-- a noun or adj. which desribes or classfies the object.

-- Queen Victoria considered him a genius.

-- The other children called her stupid.


4. all that, only ... that etc

That is especially common after quantifiers like all, every(thing), some(thing), any(thing), no(thing), none, little, few, much, only, and after superlatives.

-- Is this all that's left? (More natural than ... all which is left?)

-- Have you got anything that belongs to me? (More natural than ... anything which ... )

-- The only thing that matters is to find our way home.

-- I hope the little that I've done has been useful.

-- It's the best film that's ever been made about madness.

Note that what cannot be used in these cases.

-- All that you say is certainly true. ( NOT All what you say...)

According to the above, what're the correct answers to the questions, is already clear , isn't it?

Hope that helps!

Good luck! Compatriot.

[Teo]

1. The name of the __ Tom called uncle is Bobby Brown.
(A) man who (B) man whose (C) man which (D) man

The given answer is D, but I think A is also correct.
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2. Jonny is the only __ I know in the meeting.
(A) person who (B) person that (C) person which (D) person whom

The given answer is D, but I think A and B are also correct.

Am I right?
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Thank you very much for your reply.

[rice07]