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Guide 4th e. Chapter 3 Problem set

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ellenzhang1111
 Post subject: Guide 4th e. Chapter 3 Problem set
 Post Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 12:56 pm 
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Q 13: Whoever rented these movies has to take them back before midnight.

Is this sentence correct:

Who rented these movies has to take them back before midnight.

I am a bit confused by the differrence between whoever and who. Any instructor can provide a detail explanation? Thanks!!
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 Post subject: Re: Guide 4th e. Chapter 3 Problem set
 Post Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2010 1:46 pm 
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The only times I can think of that we would use “who” would be as a question word or a relative pronoun, not as the subject of a declarative sentence:

Who [question word – note the question mark] stole the cookies from the cookie jar? Whoever [subject of a declarative sentence] did is the person who [relative pronoun attached to “person”] should replace them.

Also remember to switch to “whom” and “whomever” when you are using these words as objects.

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