Sun, 7 May 2017
What’s the difference between who, who’s whose and whom? That’s what you’ll learn in this episode of…….Aprender Ingles con Reza y Craig
Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ Reza is on top of the world and as fit as a fiddle. Audio Feedback Janete Hernandez from Mexico Audio feedback from Ana from Mexico (so many audio messages from Mexico - Thank you! Please keep sending your voice messages. You will hear them eventually!) Who Whose Who’s and Whom To understand how to use 'who', 'whom' and 'whose' you first have to understand the difference between subjects, objects and possessives. The subject does the action: The object receives the action: Possessives tell us the person something belongs to: 'Who' can be a subject pronoun like 'he', 'she' and 'they' or object pronoun like 'him', 'her' and 'us'. We can also use ‘who’ to ask which person received an action (object): 'Whom' is an object pronoun like 'him', 'her' and 'us' used with formal English. We use ‘whom’ to ask which person received an action. It isn’t common to use whom. Most native speakers use ‘who’ instead. ‘Whom’ MUST go after a preposition, NOT ‘who’, with formal English: When the pronoun and preposition are separated and/or the pronoun comes first, ‘who’ MUST be used, NOT ‘whom’:
Don’t confuse whose and who’s = who is. They’re pronounced the same: My Dear friends: According to Longman - "TOEFL Preparation Course", it is possible to use inversion (V + S) with negative expressions such as: never, hardly ever, etc. Because of that, and following my previous message, I wrote never shall we pa y for that wall. Nevertheless, I won't use this expression in an English Test or a normal conversation. Is this okay? or should I not use inversion in cases like this? Additionally, in a book I'm reading "A Tale of Two Cities", there are some questions that don't follow the right word order: "There are two other points on which I am anxious to be instructed. I may go on?" I believe that it was written like that on purpose, but I don't know if there are any difference in meaning or intention. And finally friends, especially Reza, I would like to know the grammar behind this expression (taken from the same book): "He approached his second and last point. He felt it to be the most difficult of all; but, remembering his old Sunday morning conversation with Miss Pross, and remembering what he had seen in the last nine days, he knew that he must face it" Why is it Past Simple + Modal in present to talk about something that happened in the past?. (Reza’s explanation:”he knew that he had to face it" is the typical, everyday way to say it in modern English, because ‘had to’ is the past of ‘must’. Audio feedback from Evelin Fernandez - advice for TOEFL test - speaking 20 minutes - 6 questions We spoke about the TOEFL and IELTS test in episode 68 ( https://www.inglespodcast.com/2015/09/13/the-toefl-and-ielts-test-airc68/ ) TOP TIPS FOR TOEFL - time yourself
Send us an email with a comment or question to craig@inglespodcast.com or belfastreza@gmail.com. If you would like more detailed shownotes, go to https://www.patreon.com/inglespodcast Carlos Garrido We want to thank Arminda from Madrid for continuing to transcribe full transcriptions. On next week's episode: Farming and agriculture
Shownotes and more podcasts to improve your English at: http://www.inglespodcast.com/ The music in this podcast is by Pitx. The track is called 'See You Later'
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