如:Where’s the girl who sells the tickets? 賣票的女孩在哪裏? The author whom you criticized in your view has written a letter in reply. 妳在評論中批評的那個作者已寫了壹封回信。
但實際上,除非在正式文體中,賓格關系代詞 whom 往往省略不用,或用who或that代之。
如:The man (that, who, whom) you met just now is called Jim. 妳剛遇見的那個人叫吉姆。
不過,在以下幾種情況值得註意。
如:
(1) 直接跟在介詞後面作賓語時,只能用 whom,而且不能省略。如:She brought with her three friends, none of whom I had ever met before. 她帶了brought with her three friends, none of whom I had ever met before. 3個朋友來,我以前都沒見過。
(2) 引導非限制性定語從句且作賓語時,who 和 whom均可用,但以用 whom 為佳,此時也不能省略。如:This is Jack, who [whom] you haven’t met before. 這是傑克,妳以前沒見過。
在壹般舊詞典中,幾乎查不到whomever這個詞,但現在的高三臨考模擬中,這兩個詞幾乎形影不離,使得有些同學碰到它們感到有些棘手.近幾年的教學經驗讓我感覺對他們還是有章可循,能夠分辨的.
下面試著分析壹下:
從形式上來看,who(ever)是人稱代詞的主格形式,壹般在句子中作主語;whom(ever)是人稱代詞的賓格形式,故壹般作賓語.
從內容上來說,像whoever(whomever),我個人的體會是壹定不能僅僅把它看成是壹個詞匯,壹定要把它看成兩個詞.這裏有壹條規則可以壹試:
whoever=him (her,them)+he (she,they)
whomever= him(her,them)+ him (her,them)
驗證壹下:
1.Give it to _____ asks for it first.
Give it to him.He asks for it first.
Therefore,Give it to whoever asks for it first.(whoever= him+ he)
2.We will hire_______ is most qualified.
We will hire her.She is most qualified.
Therefore,We will hire whoever is most qualified.(whoever= her+ she)
3.We will hire_____ you recommend.
We will hire them.You recommend them.
Therefore,We will hire whomever you recommend.( whomever= them + them)
另有壹點請同學們必須註意:
不能只看句子的前半部分,要觀察整個的句子.壹般說來,whomever不能做句子的主語是不能忘記的.
嘗試壹下:
1.Please award the prize to ______comes first in the competition.
2.The work should be given to ____ you think can finish it ahead of time.
3.Do what you want to with _____ you want to do it.