who，whose，that在GMAT里面是否都可以指人又指物？

ywsunny

之前觉得who只能指人，whose和that人和物都可以。
但是好像GMAT里面的语法规则不是这样。
好像在GMAT里面 who也能指人和物，that只能指物不能指人，whose是都可以。

因为做了prep145

The Kwakiutl recognized one social unit larger than the tribe--the confederacy, which was a cluster of loosely knit, informally related neighboring tribes who interacted with themselves more often than between other tribes.

(A) tribes who interacted with themselves more often than between

(B) tribes who interacted among each other more often than among

(C) tribes who interacted with one another more often than with

(D) tribes, interacting among each other more often than between

(E) tribes, interacting among one another more often than with

选C。C中who指了tribes。到底who是不是只能指人呀？
请NN们帮忙解答一下who, whose, that的疑问。

benjaminzhang

我记得MGMAT的说，who可以指人或一组人，which只能指物，that可指人或物。whom是who的object。差不多是这样吧。。。

这题里最后用between，among 都是错误的；correct idiom是interact with。在这里用infinitive phrase有含糊的嫌疑所以我认为是c

ywsunny

我做到一些gmat题目说that不可以只人···呼呼···犯晕呀···谁再来发表一下意见

benjaminzhang

对，忘说了。有who可以选的时候that就错了

ywsunny

那这一题C中who指了tribes，tribes不是物么？为什么也可以用who来指代呢··？谢谢你的回答

Passcode

Tribe 没有必要非要理解成部落这个地点, 也可以理解成 A group of people  

[tr][td=4,1,288]WHICH, THAT - can not modify people[/td][/tr][tr][td=4,1]WHOSE - can modify either PEOPLE or THING[/td][/tr]

ywsunny

明白了。谢谢~！

kikisunflower

GMAT里面whose可以修饰人，也可以修饰物

from Manhattan:
The pronoun "whose" can modify either people or things.

kikisunflower

plus:

who and whom→can only modify people
which→can only modify things
that→can only modify things
where→can only modify practical places
whose→can modify either people or things

rosaaa

"我记得MGMAT的说，who可以指人或一组人，which只能指物，that可指人或物。whom是who的object."
I agree.