whom
B2Frequent NGSL-1UK /huːm/US /huːm/
Meaning
pronoun
used instead of ‘who’ as the object of a verb or preposition
“Whom did they invite?”
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“However, my parents, both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing personal quirk that would”
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However, my parents, both of whom came from impoverished backgrounds and neither of whom had been to college, took the view that my overactive imagination was an amusing personal quirk that would
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