Analysis
- it seems that "who" is almost always followed by a verb, e.g. "who
became", "who spent and lost", but for "whom", it is not the case
- when looking at the left side of "whom", it seems there is a strong tendency
that "whom" is preceded by prepositions "of" (18 instances of "of
whom"), "with" (12 instances of "with whom"), "for" (11
instances of "for whom") and "to" (13 instances of "to
whom")
- "of" seems the strongest one among all prepositions to precede
"whom"
- "whom" is more associated with spoken language than written language though
people normally consider it a more formal word
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