Learn English – Difference between which and them

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Each year, world-famous artists are invited to design and produce
works of art from the ice, many of which/them can be found in the
rooms.

Which one is correct? And why?

Best Answer

You can use both.

"Many of them can be found in the rooms." is an independent clause and needs to be separated by a semi-colon or a full stop/period:

Each year, world-famous artists are invited to design and produce works of art from the ice; many of them can be found in the rooms. or

Each year, world-famous artists are invited to design and produce works of art from the ice. Many of them can be found in the rooms.

If you want to use "which," then you need a comma to separate the two sentences. This is because by using "which," you are creating a dependent clause, but the one which is non-essential, i.e., you can remove this part without affecting the meaning of the original sentence:

Each year, world-famous artists are invited to design and produce works of art from the ice.

Each year, world-famous artists are invited to design and produce works of art from the ice, many of which can be found in the rooms.

If you want to convey that only the artists are to be found in the room, use "whom" instead of "which/them" to kill the ambiguity.

Each year, world-famous artists are invited to design and produce works of art from the ice, many of whom can be found in the rooms.

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