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WHO - WHOSE - WHOM - THAT - WHICH - WHERE

There is often confusion about the use of  who, whose,   whom, that, which  or  where.   We use  who  when referring to people or when we want to know the person. • The person  who  answered the phone was very helpful. •  Who  ate all the chocolates? We use  which  to refer to a thing or an idea, and to ask about choices. • My car,  which  is 20 years old, isn't worth much. •  Which  size would you like, small, medium or large? We use  that  for both a person and a thing/idea. • I'm talking about the person  that  I saw yesterday.  • This is the style  that  I want to use. Whose  refers to ownership. •  Whose  dictionary is this? • There's the girl  whose  car was stolen. Whom:  When  who  is the object of a verb,  whom ,  with a preposition , can be used instead, but it is formal and rather old-fashioned. In moder...