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Question 89

Spot the false claim about of whom and of which.

  1. Of whom can refer to people in a non-defining clause.
  2. Of which can refer to objects in a non-defining clause.
  3. A quantifier can come before of whom or of which.
  4. Of which is required whenever the antecedent is plural, including people.Correct answer

Explanation

Plural number does not decide between whom and which; the human or nonhuman nature of the antecedent does. People take whom in this structure, whereas objects and other things take which.

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