Interrogative pronouns are used to ask questions. There are five interrogative pronouns in English: Who, Whom, What, Which, and Whose. They are also known as question words or wh-words. Thus, questions using these are called wh-questions:
We use the words Who and Whom to ask about people. Who is used as the subject of the sentence:
While Whom is used as the object of the sentence:
We often use What to ask questions about things or activities. It is used when there are many possible answers:
We use Which when there is a smaller number of possible answers:
Compare:
We use Whose to ask about the owner of an object:
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