E11 adjective clauses

adjective clauses

who - people
that - everything
which - things

who/that for a person - respect, closeness, like/dislike

which - unique

Beijing, which/that is a big city, has a big population.

Your apartment that which is on Fraser Street has two bedrooms.

Your apartment that is on Fraser Street has two bedrooms. Sounds like you have two apartments.

subject and object pronouns

The girl who is standing by the car is my friend.
subject pronoun

The girl who I was talking to is my friend.
object pronoun
CHOICES
who
whom - very formal, unusual, too formal
DELETE
The girl I was talking to is my friend.

whom - not used except for one situation

"To whom it may concern," EXACT


A1. Louis knows the woman who is meeting us at the airport.
who - subject pronoun
No choice

Louis knows the woman who we are meeting at the airport.
who - object pronoun
CHOICES who, whom, delete
Louis knows the woman whom we are meeting at the airport.
Louis knows the woman we are meeting at the airport.


The woman who Louis knows is meeting us at the airport.
object pronoun
CHOICES who, whom, delete