 Re: whom
answer to question 1 : In formal English the preposition is placed before the relative pronoun "whom"- ...the people with whom I went to school.
answer to question 2: In spoken English we normally use who or that instead of "whom". In this case, we place the preposition at the end of the clause - "...the people who I went to school with."
answer to question 3: the relative pronoun (whom) can be omitted when it is not the subject of the relative clause which it introduces: i.e. the subject of the verb "went" = I, therefore "whom" can be omitted
answer to 4: the two sentences can be combined if they have either a common subject or a common object. Try it and see what happens.
answer to 5: see n.1 |