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[jesschan]

Can someone advise which of the following is correct?


"___________ car have you borrowed, Tom?" asked John.
1) Whom
2) Which
3) Whose
4) Who

[janet88]

jesschan:

Can someone advise which of the following is correct?


\"___________ car have you borrowed, Tom?\" asked John.
1) Whom
2) Which
3) Whose
4) Who

\"Whose car have you borrowed, Tom?\" asked John.

[jesschan]

Thanks, Janet. Can the answer also be "which"?

[RRMummy]

I will also choose Whose.


‘Which’ seems to imply that the person who loan the car has lots of cars Tom can choose from, which is very unlikely, unless they are choosing from a Avis/Hertz. But in that case, it should not be ‘borrowed’ but ‘rented’ instead.

So, I will go for Whose.

[The Alternative Story]

Hi jesschan,


‘Whose’ appears to be the most logical answer like what RRmummy and Janet Lee have pointed out. However, in this case, as there is not enough
information in the question, it is possible to choose ‘which’, meaning
for example that your friend has a few cars and he is asking you which
car was the one that your borrowed. So in this case, both ‘which’ and
‘whose’ are possible answers.

TAS

[jesschan]

Thanks to all.

[SoWoW]

Help needed. When to use "Who" and "Whom"…thanks

[The Alternative Story]

SoWoW:

Help needed. When to use \"Who\" and \"Whom\"...thanks

Hi SoWow,

An easy way to remember is this:

- Who: used as the subject of a sentence

subject: the person doing the action. Eg: She (subject) is
hitting him

- Whom: used as the object of a sentence

object: the person receiving the action. Eg: She is
hitting him (object)

Examples of 'whom' and 'who':

QN 1) Whom are you going to vote for?

Ans: I am going to vote for Mary(object).

In the question, you were asking about the object, hence
'whom' should be used.

QN 2) Who is the class monitor?

Ans: Michael (subject) is the class monitor.

In the question, you were asking about the subject, hence
'who' should be used.

'Whom' and 'who' are also used to connect 2 sentences
together. So when should 'who' be used and when should
'whom' be used?

An easy way to remember is this:

- Whom: it appears after the object. (and it is usually
sandwiched between 2 different people)

- Who: it appears after the subject. (it is usually
followed by a verb)

Eg:

1) This is the girl (object) whom I saw just now.

2) This is the girl (subject) who fell down just now.

TAS

[SoWoW]

wow, TAS.


Thanks alot.

[The Alternative Story]

No problem SoWoW