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[Anonymous No.1323478]

Fucking headache.

Which is grammatically correct?

"It was my father, who I loved."

"It was my father, whom I loved."

[Anonymous No.1323482]

Who is universal, so it won't be wrong unless you completely fuck up the sentence.

[Anonymous No.1323496]

whom I loved

[Anonymous No.1323498]

Whom.

[Anonymous No.1323501]

I would argue that the latter is more correct.

In the sentence, the pronoun "who / whom" is being used as the object of the verb 'loved.' "whom" is the correct form to use when the pronoun is used as an object. Therefore, the more correct sentence is "It was my father, whom I loved." However, either choice is basically acceptable.

[Anonymous No.1323519]

I think either is fine. Whom is the object of loved in the second clause, but that whole clause is a modifier for "my father" which is a subject.

[Anonymous No.1323525]

>>1323519
yeah, that's how pronouns of this sort generally work

they are declined according to their function in the sentence, not according to the case of the noun to which they refer. in this case, "who / whom" refers to father (nominative) but is functioning as the object of loved and is therefore accusative.

[Anonymous No.1323535]

>>1323478
Neither one of those is a complete sentence.

[Anonymous No.1323540]

>>1323535
are you retarded

each of those has a subject and a verb. what the fuck else do you want. "It was my father" is a complete sentence