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The key answer of exercise 94.2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Unit 94 - Relative clauses 3 for the textbook English Grammar in Use with authors Raymond Murphy from Cambridge University Press

Question

For each situation write a sentence with whom (more formal) and without whom (less formal).

Answer

  1. (more formal)I met a friend whom I hadn't seen for years.; ( less formal) I met a friend I hadn't seen for years.
  2. (more formal) I went to see a lawyer whom a friend of mine (had) recommended.; (less formal) I went to see a lawyer a friend of mine recommended.
  3. (more formal) The person to whom I spoke wasn't very helpful.; (less formal) The person I spoke to wasn't very helpful.
  4. (more formal) The woman with whom Tom was in love wasn't in love with him.; (less formal) The woman Tom was in love with wasn't love with him.