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Discover LudwigThe phrase "whom I recognised" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a person that you have identified or acknowledged, typically in a more formal context. Example: "At the event, I saw a familiar face, whom I recognised from my university days."
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No one exchanged memories, though there were those there whom I recognised who would have had them.
In the Hampton pool I said hello to a woman whom I recognised from Brockwell lido the week before.
On the aeroplane I had stared at Mel Smith and Rowan Atkinson, whom I recognised, and a shorter, scruffier man in an anorak whom I didn't.
I was then led to the backstage catering area and introduced to a vast number of people, most of whom I recognised from the photos in the booklet of Maiden's magnificent Live After Death live album.
When I met Rainer at her London flat in 1996, she was an incredibly energetic 86-year-old whom I recognised as the same woman described by Miller as having "wonderful gesture and bearing, such a gracious way of carrying her head, such delicacy", and the intense and dark eyes that shone from the screen over half a century before.
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Whom I know.
9.18pm: Coming up - James Omnipresent Corden doing something with footballers (none of whom I will recognise except Beckham, so be warned), Comic Relief TOTP, and The Apprentice (yay!).
For their new campaign they decided to gather some of Sean's overstyled celeb-pals (most of whom I don't recognise, all of whom I can guaruntee are cunts) and head to Vegas to get #cirocboywasted and channel some of that old-style Las Vegas glamour that nobody got enough of in the last Oceans movie.
"So many actors whom I admire have been recognised in this category and I'm very thankful to Bafta and the jury for selecting me".
I recognised the driver.
But I recognised him.
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