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Part of Speech: pronoun
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Part of Speech: noun
1.
Originally,
an interrogative pronoun,
later, a
relative pronoun
also; --
used always substantively,
and either as singular or plural.
See the Note under What, pron., 1.
As interrogative pronouns, who
and whom ask the question:
What or which person or persons? Who
and whom,
as relative pronouns (
in the sense of that),
are properly
used of persons ( corresponding
to which,
as applied to things),
but are sometimes,
less properly
and now rarely,
used of animals, plants, etc. Who
and whom,
as compound relatives,
are also used especially of persons,
meaning the person that;
the persons
that;
the one that;
whosoever.
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Examples of usage:
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And who would that be? - "An Artist in Crime", Rodrigues Ottolengui.
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I say, who are you? - "The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight", Elizabeth von Arnim.
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Did you hear who it was, Joe? - "Great Expectations", Charles Dickens.
