Timeline for What does "among whom" refer to?
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| May 30, 2020 at 18:41 | comment | added | Kaz | I.e. it would have to be "They, among whom I (also) soon found myself, rose in the ranks not by being friendly but by smoking cigarettes, breaking rules and playing jokes on others." | |
| May 30, 2020 at 9:35 | comment | added | Greybeard | The Chinese attempt at simplification is poor. Nevertheless, the general guidance is that the relative pronoun refers to the most adjacent noun/substantive. | |
| May 30, 2020 at 7:21 | comment | added | Mari-Lou A | What about the second example? I would opine that "whom" could refer to "they/them" or "others". | |
| May 30, 2020 at 7:02 | history | answered | Kate Bunting | CC BY-SA 4.0 |