Object pronoun vs Subject pronoun

Question

Winners of the crafts prize,  three who  are ceramists, will display their work to the general public in a forum that will include demonstrations of crafting techniques. 
 
 
 three who 
 
 three of which 
 
 three that 
 
 three of whom 
 
 three which

mbagal1 · Answer

D. three of whom. Don't ask me why, the manhattan's SC book that I just ordered is still on it's way...

buckkitty · Answer

D.

need "of" to indicate we mean three of the winners. Elim A,C,E

B is wrong b/c we cannot refer to people with "which".

ncp · Answer

OK. Here's my question.

Winners of the craft - Subject

Why are we using the object pronoun 'whom' instead of the subject pronoun 'who'.

I got the question right because I equated three of _ to three of them and replaced the pronoun them with whom.

mbagal1 · Answer

Isn't that exactly the right way to do it? if three of they or three of he/she had been right in this case, then we would have needed "who". Them, him/her, need whom.

ncp · Answer

Yes, I concur. 

But, is 'three of the _' - subject or object? 

Now, we know that 'winners' is the subject in the sentence. Shouldn't 'three of _(the winners)' who will also display their crafts, be considered subjects rather than objects.

mm007 · Answer

I think either one should be ok..

three who...

or

three of whom...

first seems to mean, only three got the prize... however in this case you should not require "who are".. three ceramist will do. but i feel it is still ok.. three can be subject (which is same as the subject -- winner of the prize)

second seems to mean, there were many, out of whom only three got the prize....

OA can be A or D...

khaos · Answer

"three of whom" seems right.

three of whom are ceramists <-- aren't they the object here?

if they were the subject then it would be "who three of.."

or am I missing something?

AimHigher · Answer

They way I do it is

read the sentence with us/them

Winners, three of them will display their work

and NOT three of us will display their work


them fits here

SO

three of whom is the correct usage

trivikram · Answer

If it is singular put she/he or her/him

if she fits the bill it shouldbe who 
else whom

johnycute · Answer

D.

Three of whom.

Sumithra · Answer

The sentence says that 'the winners will display' and 'three out OF the winners are ceramists.' With out OF the sentence modifies meaning 'the three will display.' (now the choice is narrowed down to 2)

1)we use which for things 
we use who, whom, and whose for people 
and that for both

We get the answer here. 

However, answering ncprasad's question,
 who  is a  subject  form and  whom  is an  object  form.

Well, I did not learn this from Manhattan or PR, found this in an online grammar source, sounds right to me.

Object pronoun vs Subject pronoun

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