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Message from amira75 posted on 02-02-2012 at 20:10:04 (D | E | F)
Hello,

Although I did some exercises concerning whom and whose, I always still can't use them correctly.
Please, I really need your help in order to use them correctly.
Thank you very much.

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Edited by amira75 on 02-02-2012 21:06

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Edited by lucile83 on 02-02-2012 21:24

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Re: Whom/whose from sherry48, posted on 02-02-2012 at 21:37:35 (D | E)
Hello amira75.

Although I'm sure there are many exercises here on this site to help you, I liked the relative pronoun chart at the link below.
Link

I hope you find it helpful.
Sherry

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Re: Whom/whose from amira75, posted on 02-02-2012 at 21:47:47 (D | E)
Thank you so much lucile for all the efforts you have done for us.
By the way ,I want to know where the correct sentence is.

I always still can not use then correctly,or
I still can not use then correctly?
Waiting for your reply.
Thanks a lot.

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Edited by lucile83 on 02-02-2012 22:04

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Re: Whom/whose from lucile83, posted on 02-02-2012 at 22:12:19 (D | E)
Hello,

The correct sentence is:
I still cannot use them correctly
The word 'always' has been crossed out.

You could thank sherry as well for the link she mentioned

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Re: Whom/whose from amira75, posted on 02-02-2012 at 23:17:48 (D | E)
Hello sherry,
I don't know how to thank you.You're right,it' s  a very  helpful link.
Thanks again.

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Re: Whom/whose from amira75, posted on 02-02-2012 at 23:26:55 (D | E)
Thank you so much for your reply lucile.
You're very kind.

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Re: Whom/whose from tle, posted on 14-02-2012 at 04:17:40 (D | E)
Hello Lucile83,

Could you please share me the reason, why " I always cannot use them correctly" is incorrect?

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Re: Whom/whose from lucile83, posted on 14-02-2012 at 06:15:10 (D | E)
Hello,

We'd say:
I still cannot use them correctly
or
I never can use them correctly

It sounds strange to use 'always' in a negative sentence.

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Re: Whom/whose from notrepere, posted on 14-02-2012 at 15:11:36 (D | E)
Hello

You can say: I always use them incorrectly. It is really the placement of "always" that is the problem. And Lucile's right: using "always" in a negative sentence sounds a bit strange.

For instance, you could say:

I don't always use them correctly. (This means you use them correctly sometimes)
I cannot always use them correctly. (You are not capable of doing so.)

But this is better: I often use them incorrectly. I don't often use them correctly.

I hope this helps.

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Re: Whom/whose from tle, posted on 15-02-2012 at 01:36:58 (D | E)
Thanks a lot lucile83 and notrepere,

I can determine that the "always" is usually used in the affirmative sentence.
it is rare/never to use it in the negative sentence, it can be used in the negative sentence unless its position stand after the negative word.

Noted for the helpful guidance. :-)

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Re: Whom/whose from dontworry01, posted on 15-02-2012 at 14:46:41 (D | E)
Hello,

I would say : I still can't use them correctly.

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Edited by lucile83 on 15-02-2012 16:02

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