Logical Predication

Question

Hello, while solving problems from OG, I stumbled upon 2 answer explanations that have left me quite confused.
I have listed them below, please guide me.

1. despite-the-increasing-number-of-women-graduating-from-law-school-and-37482.html

the proportion of judges and partners at major law firms who are women has not risen comparably

CORRECT: The pronoun "who" can only refer to people. Therefore "firms" cannot be antecedent of "who". Hence "who" is not ambiguous.

2.
as-an-actress-and-more-importantly-as-a-teacher-of-acting-stella-20808.html

Stella Adler was one of the most influential artists in the American theater, who trained several generations of actors including...

PROBLEM: The second modifier is incorrect. "Who trained several..." should be touching Stella Adler as well. Instead it's modifying "American theater", which doesn't make any sense.

My doubt here is the usage of who
In what situations is it acceptable to use who after a thing?

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EducationAisle · Answer

Hi  vibha31 , this is  not  correct. As you've correctly mentioned,  who  can only modify  persons .

So,  who  is  not  modifying  American theater  here. The issue is that while  who  is  intended  to modify  Stella Adler ,  who  in this case, can also modify  influential artists ; in fact,  influential artists  is  closer  to  who  than  Stella Adler  is.

So, at the very least, there is an  ambiguity  in terms of what  who  is modifying.

vibz08 · Answer

This helps a lot, thank you very much

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Abhi077 · Answer

It is not acceptable to use the relative pronoun 'who' to refer to 'things'

The relative pronoun 'that' and 'which' should be used to refer to objects or ideas

Relative pronoun 'who and 'whom' can only refer to human antecedents

The subject pronoun 'who' is the doer of the action/performs the action, whereas the object pronoun 'whom' is acted upon.

gentvenus · Answer

'who' used for people

'that' used for things

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