Relative pronouns

[Mad-ox]

hi everyone,
I know that the generale rule is that :
for people we use: WHO, WHOM, WHOSE
for things or animals we use: What, Which, Where, That
However, I still have difficulties with the following four sentences.:roll:
Put relative pronouns in the following:


1. He's a boy........... I know you can trust. (here I should put WHO)

2. She's the girl ..............we thought had been ill. (here I should put WHO)

3. He's the tallest man .............I ever saw. ( here maybe WHOM)

4. She's the same ..........she's always been. ( here I don't know at all what to put)

please help me out,
Madox

 

[SlickVic9000]

(Not a Teacher)

I'd use 'who' for the first sentence and 'whom' for the second, but I wouldn't try to shoehorn a 'who' clause into the last two sentences.
Also, here's how I'd write those last two:

"He was the tallest man I had ever seen."
"She's the same (that) she's always been."

 

[5jj]

1. Whom for the purist, who or nothing for most people.
2. You are correct.
3. as for #1
4. The only word that fits in here is as.

 

[5jj]

I'd use 'who' for the first sentence and 'whom' for the second,

It can't be whom in the second. The relative pronoun is the subject of the verb 'had been'.

 

[TheParser]

3. He's the tallest man .............I ever saw.

***** NOT A TEACHER *****


Believe it or not, there are some experts who feel that your sentence would be fine with the relative pronoun that.

Their explanation: when there is a superlative, "that" is fine:

She is the best teacher that I have ever had.


*****

P.S. I am sure that some teachers would insist on a little change in your sentence:

He is the tallest man ____ I have ever seen (so far in my life).