One regularity (to me) seems to be that I can never get 'whom' if I
stress it, and 'who' sometimes sounds a little odd if it isn't
stressed. Thus I can get (8) (which seems contradictory) by varying
the appropriate stress. I'm a native Estuary speaker, so (2) requires
(or strongly invites) me to strongly stress the 'few' and the 'who'
(even when not speaking with an Essex accent; I've noticed in general
that stress patterns tend to transcend accent shifts). (2) indeed
sounds odd if I don't stress 'who'.
- Steve.
>> >
>> >All but (8) are from written sources.
>> >
>> >(2) It's almost impossible to put him down in the tackle, and
>> >there are few players about who you an [sic; probably 'can' is
>> >intended] say that. (CB2: 396)
>> >(4) It has one senior bishop, two suffragans, one dean, four
>> >archdeacons, and 21 rural deans of who one is a woman. (ED9: 3029)
>> >(5) They must be treated as adequate because they reflect the
>> >statutory provisions in regard to appeals by persons upon who
>> >intervention notices are served
>> >(6) Instead, the sites are used by local residents, of who some 25
>> >per or so come by foot
>> >(7) Through its founder Molly Braithwaite, for who we held a
>> >heartfelt admiration,
>> >(8) I would also I think put in a word for the work of the joint
>> >[...] policy panel [...] which is shared between this committee and
>> >the social services committee because it seems to me that it is not
>> >[unclear] for us to be thinking that there is a group of children for
>> >who nursery education is necessary [...] or desirable and a different
>> >group of children for whom something else [...] is necessary
>> >
>> >Dr. Carsten Breul
>--
>Gordon Cain, Teacher of ESOL
>TAFE International Education Centre, Liverpool
>Sydney, Australia
>gpcain@rivernet.com.au
>