some of which | many of whom – English Grammar Profiler
Here’s an example of ‘some of’ modifying the relative pronoun ‘which’:
I have many connections, some of which are less than reputable.
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In the English Grammar Profile, C1 point 98 in the category of PRONOUNS / quantity is defined as:
‘some of’, ‘many of’ to modify relative pronouns in a relative clause.
A search on iWeb for ngrams of some|many of _**q _v is listed below.
1 SOME OF WHICH ARE 17696 2 MANY OF WHICH ARE 17353
3 MANY OF WHOM ARE 7936
4 MANY OF WHICH HAVE 5146 5 SOME OF WHICH HAVE 4964
6 MANY OF WHOM HAVE 4832
Since the war, the orphanage has had to take in not only babies but also older children,
many of whom have witnessed terrible events as well as being separated from their families.
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7 SOME OF WHICH WERE 4491 8 MANY OF WHOM WERE 4063 9 MANY OF WHICH WERE 3928 10 SOME OF WHICH MAY 3524 11 SOME OF WHOM ARE 2745 12 SOME OF WHICH CAN 2438 13 SOME OF WHOM HAVE 2209 14 SOME OF WHOM WERE 2070 15 SOME OF WHICH WILL 1882 16 SOME OF WHICH IS 1741 17 MANY OF WHOM HAD 1710 18 SOME OF WHICH INCLUDE 1633 19 MANY OF WHICH CAN 1456 20 SOME OF WHOM HAD 1071 21 MANY OF WHICH WILL 1049 22 MANY OF WHOM WILL 841 23 SOME OF WHICH HAD 803 24 SOME OF WHOM MAY 751 25 SOME OF WHICH WAS 729 26 SOME OF WHICH COULD 688 27 SOME OF WHICH MIGHT 636 28 MANY OF WHICH HAD 592 29 SOME OF WHAT IS 572 30 SOME OF WHICH WOULD 513 31 MANY OF WHICH MAY 469 32 MANY OF WHOM DO 458 33 SOME OF WHICH DO 442 34 SOME OF WHICH HAS 433 35 SOME OF WHOM WILL 431 36 MANY OF WHOM WOULD 427 37 MANY OF WHICH DO 424 38 MANY OF WHOM LIVE 394 39 MANY OF WHICH INCLUDE 372 40 MANY OF WHOM MAY 366 41 MANY OF WHICH WOULD 364 42 SOME OF WHICH DATE 358 43 SOME OF WHAT WAS 358 44 MANY OF WHICH OFFER 347 45 MANY OF WHICH COME 287 46 SOME OF WHICH REQUIRE 276 47 MANY OF WHOM COME 268 48 MANY OF WHICH CONTAIN 254 49 MANY OF WHICH COULD 252 50 MANY OF WHOM WORK 228 51 SOME OF WHICH CONTAIN 211 52 MANY OF WHICH INVOLVE 209 53 MANY OF WHICH REQUIRE 198 54 SOME OF WHICH INCLUDED 197 55 SOME OF WHOM MIGHT 193 56 SOME OF WHICH APPEAR 191 57 SOME OF WHAT HAS 185 58 MANY OF WHOM CAME 184 59 MANY OF WHOM DID 180 60 SOME OF WHICH COME 176 61 MANY OF WHICH REMAIN 173 62 SOME OF WHOM WOULD 161 63 SOME OF WHICH OFFER 156 64 MANY OF WHO ARE 154
65 SOME OF WHICH SEEM 152
66 MANY OF WHICH FEATURE 149
67 SOME OF WHICH INVOLVE 145 68 SOME OF WHICH DID 141 69 MANY OF WHOM WENT 140 70 MANY OF WHOM CAN 135 71 SOME OF WHOM DO 134 72 SOME OF WHICH GO 134 73 MANY OF WHICH APPEAR 132 74 MANY OF WHICH PROVIDE 132 75 SOME OF WHOM DID 131 76 SOME OF WHAT MAKES 131 77 MANY OF WHICH SEEM 130 78 SOME OF WHAT HAPPENED 128 79 MANY OF WHICH CAME 127 80 MANY OF WHOM WORKED 125 81 SOME OF WHICH CAME 119 82 MANY OF WHOM COULD 118 83 MANY OF WHICH USE 111 84 SOME OF WHICH REMAIN 107 85 SOME OF WHICH LOOK 106 86 MANY OF WHO HAVE 99 87 MANY OF WHICH MAKE 98 88 MANY OF WHICH TAKE 98 89 SOME OF WHICH INVOLVED 97 90 SOME OF WHICH SHOULD 96
91 MANY OF WHOM SUFFER 94
92 SOME OF WHICH USE 92 93 MANY OF WHOM BECAME 92 94 MANY OF WHOM DIED 92 95 MANY OF WHOM MIGHT 91 96 MANY OF WHICH DATE 89 97 SOME OF WHO ARE 89 98 SOME OF WHOM COULD 89
99 SOME OF WHICH MAKE 88
B2 vocabulary: feature, suffer