核心问题 1
下面是摘自《学生英语疑难解析词典》(辽海出版社,p.707)的一段论述：
“whom 作间接宾语时,采用 To whom ...? 句型;不用 whom ... to?
例1 他说他把那个东西给谁了？
(1) Whom did he say he had given it to? [误]
(2) To whom did he say he had given it? [正]”
请问上面的所谓“误句”果真有错误吗？
词典解答 1
上面的所谓“误句”是完全正确的句子。见 whom ，with whom/whom ... with。whom
核心问题 2
You gave whom the book? (RHCD)
whom 放在这个位置上是正确的吗?
词典解答 2
见 what 。
of whom
核心问题 3
The course normally attracts 20 students per year, ____ up to half will be from overseas.
A. in which B. for whom C. with which D. of whom(全国四级,98.6-70)
答案为 D(of whom)。但我对这种用法感到很陌生。
词典解答 3
我们知道,关系代词 who,如同 which 一样,不仅可以作主语、宾语等,而且还可以作介词的宾语。
上句的难点在于：不仅 who 作介词 of 的宾语，而且介词短语 of whom 还要作 up to half 的定语。这种结构跟我们所讨论过的 of which + N 很相似（见 of which ）。
[试题句意]这门课通常每年能吸引20个学生，其中多达一半来自海外。