Is "whom" correctly used in these two examples?

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N.B.: these are captions–intentional sentence fragments–for photographs.

Jason and Tonya, whom the Londoners loved.
The two sisters from New York City whom the the Hardings have adopted.

Edit: I was asked to update the question with at least fake names to make it easier to understand.

Apologies. I meant to add "a person" to the first two proper nouns in 1. — Michael, May 30 '22 at 01:00
Please, please edit this to use real names for things, even made-up ones, instead of placeholders in brackets. It's too hard to understand what you mean otherwise. — tchrist, May 30 '22 at 01:50

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 30 '22 at 01:03

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Yes. In 1, [Proper noun, a person] and [proper noun, a person] are the objects of the sentence who are loved. In 2, [Plural proper noun, a certain group of people] from [proper noun, a place] are the objects of the sentence who have been adopted.

answered May 30 '22 at 01:03

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I agree with "yes", but in both examples "whom" is the direct object of the verb ("loved" and "adopted") in the relative clause introduced by "whom", not in "the sentence" (because the examples aren't sentences). More generally, the case of a relative pronoun is determined by its role in its own relative clause, not in the surrounding sentence. – Andreas Blass May 30 '22 at 02:03

Is "whom" correctly used in these two examples?

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