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2. A policeman _whom_ I met showed me the house.

An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises · George Lyman Kittredge, Frank Edgar Farley

2. A policeman _whom_ I met showed me the house.

_Whom_ is a relative pronoun of the masculine gender, singular number, and third person, agreeing with its antecedent, _policeman_. It is in the objective case, being the direct object of the transitive verb _met_.

3. The corporal, _whose_ name was Scott, came from Leith.

_Whose_ is a relative pronoun of the masculine gender, singular number, and third person, agreeing with its antecedent, _corporal_. It is in the possessive case, modifying the noun _name_.

4. _Whose_ birthday do we celebrate in February?

_Whose_ is an interrogative pronoun in the masculine or feminine gender, singular number, and possessive case, modifying the noun _birthday_.

5. He injured _himself_ severely.

_Himself_ is a compound personal pronoun of the third person, used reflexively. It is of the masculine gender, singular number, and third person, agreeing with its antecedent, _he_. It is in the objective case, being the direct object of the transitive verb _injured_.

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