Who Whom Whose Relative Pronouns | Really short English lessons

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Hi there!
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Welcome to Harry's world of words and phrases and English in a minute.
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Today we're looking at pronouns.
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And in particular the pronouns WHO, WHOSE and WHOM.
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The differences between them and how we use them.
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As I said they are all pronouns, but with some differences.
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Who, for example, is the subjective pronoun and we use that when we're talking about he,
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she or they.
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Whom is an objective pronoun.
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And we use that when we're talking about him and her.
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And then whose is the possessive pronoun that we use when we're talking about his, hers,
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ours.
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Ok?
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Let's look at some examples.
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Who, as I said, is a subjective pronoun and it's all about action.
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Somebody is doing the action.
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Who did the action?
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Who wrote the letter?
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Who knocked on the door?
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Who is joining us next week?
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Ok.
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And whom is an objective pronoun and it's about somebody receiving the action.
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Who did you invite to the party?
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Whom did they select as the new president?
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And then whose as we said is a possessive pronoun.
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So it's about belonging.
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We're trying to find out who this belongs to.
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Whose pen is this?
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Whose jacket is this?
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Whose car was that?
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So WHO WHOM and WHOSE.
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All about pronouns.
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and we'll catch up with you soon!
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