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What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.
- You're getting married‽ Who to? (direct question)
- I don't know who it is. (indirect question)
- Who says they care? —They themselves do.
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Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent. With antecedent as subject.
- That's the man who works at the newsagent. (defining)
- My sister, who works in the accounts department, just got promoted to manager. (non-defining)
- That's the man who I saw earlier.
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With antecedent as subject.
- That's the man who works at the newsagent. (defining)
- My sister, who works in the accounts department, just got promoted to manager. (non-defining)
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With antecedent as object: whom.
- That's the man who I saw earlier.
- My brother, who you met the other day, is coming to stay for the weekend.
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Whoever, he who, they who.
- Who dares wins.
- Who insults my mother insults me.
- Give it to who deserves it.
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Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams.
- Who are the Miami Heat?
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A person under discussion; a question of which person.
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whose
- Who phone just rang?