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the acquaintances...

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vaibhavsharma1988
 Post subject: the acquaintances...
 Post Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:31 am 
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Book- ManhattanGMAT prep-the new standard 4th edition
page no. 114 Modifiers problem set

question 11: The aquaintances who we like most are those that flatter us best.

solution : The aquaintances whom we like most are those who flatter us best.

I am having problem in identifying the object and subject of the verb.How to do this please explain me.
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tim
 Post subject: Re: the acquaintances...
 Post Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 6:46 pm 
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The primary S-V-O combination is acquaintances-are-those; i'm guessing that's not the one you had trouble with..

The secondary S-V-O combination is we-like-whom, and whom=acquaintances..

You can usually tell on these by identifying the verb first: LIKE. Now who is doing the liking? WE are. Now what do we like? ACQUAINTANCES. Of course, ACQUAINTANCES here has been replaced by a pronoun. That's exactly why we need WHOM rather than WHO, because it is an object..

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autumnmayrei
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 Post Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 5:22 am 
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GOOD EXPLANATION

tim wrote:
The primary S-V-O combination is acquaintances-are-those; i'm guessing that's not the one you had trouble with..

The secondary S-V-O combination is we-like-whom, and whom=acquaintances..

You can usually tell on these by identifying the verb first: LIKE. Now who is doing the liking? WE are. Now what do we like? ACQUAINTANCES. Of course, ACQUAINTANCES here has been replaced by a pronoun. That's exactly why we need WHOM rather than WHO, because it is an object..
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tim
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 Post Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 1:42 pm 
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thanks..

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