Using "whom of which"

[nygs]

I was writing an email that said "I’ll also be in a room full of absolute strangers… who are YOUR co-workers, and whom of which might not get my humor… soooooooooooooo… lol."

Is using "whom of which" ok, as I am relating to a group of people? I know "all of whom" would be more correct, but.... Thank you.

 

[konungursvia]

It's wrong, as "get" is a verb, so you need "who" not "whom."

 

[nygs]

Ok. But "who" is more singular. "Whom" is describing the whole group. As one single group. Right?

 

[birdeen's call]

Ok. But "who" is more singular. "Whom" is describing the whole group. As one single group. Right?

Absolutely not. Try googling an explanation of the difference.

 

[nygs]

Well both are singular, but to say "who of which" would be more incorrect.

 

[birdeen's call]

Well both are singular, but to say "who of which" would be more incorrect.

I may be missing something, but it doesn't seem correct to me at all. "Who" would be fine; "of which" is unnecessary and doesn't make sense to me.

 

[Tdol]

Ok. But "who" is more singular. "Whom" is describing the whole group. As one single group. Right?

No- who is used for the subject (and often for the object) case, and whom is only used for the object- it's not a question of singular and plural.

 

[nygs]

No- who is used for the subject (and often for the object) case, and whom is only used for the object- it's not a question of singular and plural.

Agreed. But whom is referring to the "group" or the "object". I'm seeing now that the "of which" part was unneccesary. But still, I'm not seeing how it's gramatically incorrect either way.

 

[5jj]

Well both are singular, but to say "who of which" would be more incorrect.

The word 'who' is followed by a singular verb, but it can refer to more than one person.

Who wants a cake? Jenny and Paul,... Peter... Who/Anybody else?
Who fought alongside British troops at Waterloo? The Prussians.

You are right in saying 'who of which' is not correct. I think that konungursvia was suggesting that the sentence should read ... a room full of absolute strangers… who are YOUR co-workers, and who[STRIKE]m[/STRIKE][STRIKE]of which[/STRIKE] might not get ...

 

[birdeen's call]

Agreed. But whom is referring to the "group" or the "object". I'm seeing now that the "of which" part was unneccesary. But still, I'm not seeing how it's gramatically incorrect either way.

What do you want "of which" to mean in your sentence? I'm simply unable to interpret it.

 

[mrsnygren]

You cannot say "who of which" or "whom of which." If you believe saying "who of which" is correct, please provide some support for such belief...

The issue at hand is not on the use of "who" or "whom," but rather whether the phrase itself is appropriate grammatically. A more correct phrase would be to say, "all of whom" instead.

 

[Raymott]

I was writing an email that said "I’ll also be in a room full of absolute strangers… who are YOUR co-workers, and whom of which might not get my humor… soooooooooooooo… lol."

Is using "whom of which" ok, as I am relating to a group of people? I know "all of whom" would be more correct, but.... Thank you.

No, it's wrong. You can say:
" ... and some of whom might not get..."
" ... and of whom some might not get..."
" ... and who might not get ..."
" ... and none of whom might get ..."
"... and all of whom might not get ..."
" ... and most of whom ..."
etc.
...

 

[nygs]

I guess I was going after "whom of which" in referring to strangers AND co-workers, being all in one GROUP. lol. Oh well.

 

[birdeen's call]

I guess I was going after "whom of which" in referring to strangers AND co-workers, being all in one GROUP. lol. Oh well.

Aren't strangers and co-workers exactly the same people in this sentence?

 

[nygs]

Aren't strangers and co-workers exactly the same people in this sentence?

Yes. whom=co-workers, of which=those strangers (ALL of those strangers). All ONE group. I will accept that there are better ways to put it, but I still don't see how it can be wrong.

 

[nygs]

You cannot say "who of which" or "whom of which." If you believe saying "who of which" is correct, please provide some support for such belief...

The issue at hand is not on the use of "who" or "whom," but rather whether the phrase itself is appropriate grammatically. A more correct phrase would be to say, "all of whom" instead.

I win. lol.

 

[nygs]

Yes. whom=co-workers, of which=those strangers (ALL of those strangers). All ONE group. I will accept that there are better ways to put it, but I still don't see how it can be wrong.

So whom of those co-workers? ALL of those co-workers.
So whom of those strangers? ALL of those strangers.

Whom of which.... Thanks for the feedback.

 

[5jj]

So whom of those co-workers? ALL of those co-workers.
So whom of those strangers? ALL of those strangers.

That looks as if you think the words I have coloured blue are acceptable. They are not.

 

[emsr2d2]

I was writing an email that said "I’ll also be in a room full of absolute strangers… who are YOUR co-workers, and whom of which might not get my humor… soooooooooooooo… lol."

Is using "whom of which" ok, as I am relating to a group of people? I know "all of whom" would be more correct, but.... Thank you.

I have come up with the following possible variations on your sentence:

- I'll be in a room full of strangers. They are your co-workers and none of them might get my humour.

- I'll be in a room full of strangers. They are your co-workers and some of them might not get my humour.

- I'll be in a room full of strangers who are your co-workers, and who might not get my humour.

I can't find any way of incorporating "of which" or "of whom" whilst keeping the meaning. You explained that you were treating the room full of strangers as one single group, which presumably led you to think that "of which" would relate to "group". However, you did not use the word "group" in the sentence. You used "strangers". These are people and "who" is the appropriate usage.

 

[Barb_D]

Wow. What a thread.

Let's see where there is still disagreement.

1. Do you agree that "who" and "whom" can both refer to one person or many people?
2. Do you agree that "who" is used for subjects, and the clause is "who get my humor" requires a subject form of the pronoun, ruling out "whom"?
3. Do you agree that "of whom" works with "some of whom" or "all of whom"?

Please try to explain one more time why you think "of which" belongs in there.