by Tom Rohrbach
When you want to make a sentence containing an adjective clause with a preposition,
there are two ways to do it, the regular (casual) way and the formal way.
REGULAR: For the 'regular way', you keep the preposition AFTER the verb, and
you use a regular OBJECT relative pronoun at the beginning of the clause.
EXAMPLES: The address which/that/Φ you sent the package to was wrong!
The person whom/that/Φ you spoke with on the phone is actually my wife.
FORMAL: For the formal way, you put the preposition at the BEGINNING of the adjective clause.
Then, you can only use a formal object pronoun - "whom" or "which" - after the preposition!
EXAMPLES: The address to which you sent the package was wrong!
The person with whom you spoke on the phone is actually my wife.
Choose each answer below that includes ALL the correct choices.
Some clauses are regular and some are formal.
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The keys __ Mary was looking for had fallen behind the sofa.I’m sorry, but the software in __ you are interested is only available as a download from our website.
The vice president to __ you need to speak is not in this department, he’s in the marketing department, which is in a different building across town.
The bank from __ my company borrowed the money for our expansion could probably lend you some for your new advertising campaign.
