Intermediate 📐 Grammar · #294 of 305

Relative Clauses with Prepositions

The preposition can come before whom/which or at the end.

Examples

  • The man to whom I spoke...
  • The man I spoke to...

Key rules

  • A preposition can come before whom or which (The man to whom I spoke)
  • It can also go at the end (The man I spoke to)
  • The end position is more informal
  • After a preposition use whom for people, which for things, never who or that

Common mistakes

  • The man to who I spoke → The man to whom I spoke
  • The house in that I live → The house in which I live
💡 Tip: Pick formal (before) or informal (at the end).
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