Help me with this again, please. I’ve raised this kind of
issue before, but I can’t remember your answers. Sorry. I would appreciate your
thoughts again. Thank you. 



From a statement regarding King Henry VIII from the Wikipedia article “English
Reformation”:

“. . .he allowed himself to be influenced by his advisors from whom he was
never apart, by night or day; he was thus susceptible to whoever had his ear.”



Am I to understand “whoever” is correct because the verb “had” needs a subject, put better, the clause needs a subject, and that that
requirement is more important than the preposition “to” requiring an object? 



This is the way I guide myself, but I don’t think I should explain it this way
to my ESL students. 



Martha G. 



PS  Hope the conference was enjoyable and
successful.


 		 	   		  
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