the girl whom I saw is beautiful. vs the girl I saw is beautiful.

Both phrases are correct, but the second one is more commonly used in everyday English. The use of 'whom' is becoming less common in modern English, and in this case, 'the girl I saw is beautiful' is simpler and more natural.

Last updated: March 23, 2024 • 3094 views

the girl whom I saw is beautiful.

This phrase is technically correct but less commonly used in modern English.

This phrase uses 'whom' as the object of the verb 'saw'. It is more formal and less commonly used in everyday English.

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The girl dancing with your father is beautiful.
Rikke Bjerre, that dead girl whom I asked you about...
When I was 16 years old, I saw a girl on a train, platinum-blond hair, beautiful.
I told myself that when I found a girl whom I like, I must bring her here.
Jane, your scene is beautiful.
My sister says natural childbirth is beautiful.
So information is beautiful. Data is beautiful.
This is beautiful, this ring is beautiful.
This is the boy whom I saw yesterday.
'Cause what you're saying is beautiful.
You're creeping me out, but the orchid is beautiful.
It's Sunday, the world is beautiful.
The love you two share is beautiful.
Caravaggio's use of Chiaroscuro is beautiful.
I just... this one is beautiful.
And that cake really is beautiful.
Harper, this place is beautiful.
The truth about you is beautiful.
No, your home is beautiful.
That, in my eyes, she is beautiful.

Alternatives:

the girl I saw is beautiful.

the girl I saw is beautiful.

This phrase is correct and more commonly used in modern English.

This phrase simplifies the sentence by omitting 'whom', which is more natural and commonly used in everyday English.

Show examples from the web [+]

The girl dancing with your father is beautiful.
That's the girl I saw.
The girl I saw in that...
Her roommate is the girl I saw before with Min-sun.
Just like the girl I saw at school.
You look like the girl I saw in my dreams.
That's why I could never find the girl I saw in the woods.
That's the girl I saw screaming - in the back of the cab.
Yes, that mas the girl I saw this morning Her parents collected her.
When I was 16 years old, I saw a girl on a train, platinum-blond hair, beautiful.
The girls I saw the day of the interview all looked so fashionable.
Jane, your scene is beautiful.
My sister says natural childbirth is beautiful.
So information is beautiful. Data is beautiful.
For I am sad and it has to be because of the market vendor's girl I saw her at the fence one afternoon, so beautiful and like a lucky charm she has left my heart.
This is beautiful, this ring is beautiful.
'Cause what you're saying is beautiful.
You're creeping me out, but the orchid is beautiful.
It's Sunday, the world is beautiful.
The love you two share is beautiful.

Alternatives:

the girl whom I saw is beautiful.
the beautiful girl I saw.
the girl that I saw is beautiful.
the girl I caught a glimpse of is beautiful.

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the girl whom I saw is beautiful. vs the girl I saw is beautiful.