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WHO(M)*, WHICH, THAT as objects of a defining relative clause
We use who(m), which, that in place of noun objects or object pronouns 
(me, you, him, etc.) and we can leave them out.
The woman was Mrs Elton. I met her. =>  he woman (who) I met was 
Mrs Elton.
The play wasn’t bad. We saw it last night. => The play (which) we saw last 
night wasn’t bad.
Have you seen the books? I put them on this table. => Have you seen the 
books (that) I put on this table?
— Who is used for people
Helen is the girl. We met her at the party. => Helen is the girl (who) we met 
at the party.
— Which is used for things
What is the name of this company? You’re working for it. => What is the 
name of the compa ny (which) you’re working for?
—That is used for both people and things 
Helen is the girl (that) we met at the party. 
What is the name of the company (that) you’re working for?
NOTE:
Whom is quite formal and not very common in everyday speech.
Exercise 21. Are the relative pronoun the subjects or the objects in the 
relative clauses?
Example: That’s the cat which I photographed.—which is the object
Kate is the girl who invited me to the theatre.—who is the subject
1. I’ve lost that nice notebook which Anthony gave me.
2. That’s the woman who I wanted to see.
3. An orphan is a child who hasn’t got any parents.
4. They never thanked me for the postcard that I sent them.
5. It’s a book that everybody talks about and nobody reads.
6. She’s always telling you things which you already know.
7. That’s the boy who lives next door.
8. Our tutor is a person who I really respect.

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9. Once there were old trees that grew in our park.
10. He had a simple idea which changed the world.
11. The paintings which Paul hangs on the hotel walls are for sale.
12. John Murray is the man who owns the Grand Hotel.
Select the sentences in which the relative pronoun is the object and 
rewrite them without who, which, or that.