He’s the actor whose films I saw a girl drinking a I have a small box where I There are five
I There are five flights a day
I like most.
Correct
A man, who won $6 million
on the lottery, has lost it all
on a horse race.
A man who won $6
million on the lottery
has lost it all on a horse
race.
He painted mainly
landscapes, very few of
which have even been
seen by the public.
Correct
He had a cat he loved /of
which he loved / whom he
loved very much.
He had a cat he loved
very much.
coffee that I knew.
I saw a girl that I knew
drinking a coffee.
The river Nile that runs
through Egypt is the
longest river in the world.
The river Nile, which
runs through Egypt, is
the longest river in the
world.
December 25th is a day
people often give each
other presents on.
December 25th is a
day on which people
often give each other
presents/ …is a day
when people…
The town I live in / that I
live / in that I live is famous
for its old church.
The town I live in is
famous for its old
church.
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keep my keys in.
I have a small box
where I keep my
keys. / which I keep
my keys in. / in which
I keep my keys.
A hangar is a large
building that aircraft are
built, stored, serviced and
repaired in.
(The style is poor as the
clause is long and the
preposition is separated
by too many words.) A
hangar is a large building
where / in which aircraft
are built, stored, serviced
and repaired.
She asked me to stay to
dinner, which I thought
was very odd in the
circumstances.
Correct
The other player against
whom / whom /of whom
he’d never played was
Boris Becker.
The other player
against whom he’d
never played was Boris
Becker.
of three which leave in the
morning.
There are five flights a
day, three of which
leave in the morning.
There was a half-hour
break which we had coffee
and chatted during.
There was a half-hour
break, during which we
had coffee and chatted.
The cows are kept in a
large field behind the
house we keep for milking.
The cows we keep for
milking are kept in a
large field behind the
house.
He kept asking silly
questions, that / which / of
which irritated her even
more.
He kept asking silly
questions, which
irritated her even more.
It was the way by / in /of The address to that / to He is the person whom / That is a question to which
which we solved most of which / that you sent the on whom / to whom we / that / of which there is no
our problems. letter does not exist. rely on most to get the job satisfactory answer.
done.

It was the way in which That is a question to

The address to which He is the person on
you sent the letter whom we rely most to
does not exist. get the job done.

Who / Whom / To whom
did you send the parcel to?
Who did you send the
parcel to?
There were six brothers, Lying and cheating were
two whom / who / of whom the chief means of which /
went on to become artists by which / on which he
like their father. managed to rise to the
position of CEO.
We have a special
arrangement by which /
that / to which packages
can be sent free of charge.

'To whom did you send

the parcel?' is also
possible but overly We have a special
formal for normal arrangement by which
There were six
conversation. packages can be sent
brothers, two of whom
went on to become… free of charge.

Lying and cheating

were the chief means
by which he managed
to rise to the position
of CEO.

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