Who is a refelective pronoun?

Answer 1

No, the word 'who' is an interrogative pronoun and a relative pronoun.

• An interrogative pronoun introduces a question.
• A relative pronoun introduces a relative clause (a group of words with a subject and a verb but is not a complete sentence). A relative clause gives information 'related' to its antecedent.

The pronoun 'who' is a subject pronoun. The corresponding object pronoun is 'whom'.

EXAMPLES

• Who is your date for the dance? (interrogative, the antecedent of the pronoun 'who' is the answer to the question)
• I met the author who wrote this book. (relative, gives information relating to the antecedent 'author')
• To whom do I give my application? (interrogative, object of the preposition 'to')