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by umaa » Mon Feb 02, 2009 4:02 pm
The orator put most of the audience, WHICH was uninterested in the lecture, to sleep.

Do we need to use WHICH here? I think we should use WHO.

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who/whom

by hitmewithgmat » Mon Feb 02, 2009 6:15 pm
I agree with you.
which cannot be the one.
but whom should be the answer.

because,
the most of the audience (object, not subject)
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by raunekk » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:44 am
try googling the same... you will find many sentences where "audience" takes both "who" and "which"....


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by umaa » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:45 am
thats ok. We should know when to use WHICH and when to use WHO/WHOM.
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by dimonya » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:48 am
i think which can only apply to inanimate things (i.e non living)

i could be wrong

please comment
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by umaa » Tue Feb 03, 2009 9:51 am
thats right. We should use WHICH for "things"
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by avonmore » Tue Feb 03, 2009 5:31 pm
who not whom coz not subject
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