{"id":2579,"date":"2017-10-25T15:36:31","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T21:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/?p=2579"},"modified":"2020-11-25T11:25:16","modified_gmt":"2020-11-25T17:25:16","slug":"who-vs-whom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/whowhomwhoeverwhomever\/who-vs-whom\/","title":{"rendered":"Who<\/em> vs. Whom<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let’s crack the code for\u00a0who<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0whom<\/em>. It is easier than you might imagine. The following are informal methods rather than rules; however, they really work!<\/p>\n

Rule: Use\u00a0who\u00a0<\/em>when you could replace it with\u00a0he.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Example:<\/strong>\u00a0Who\/whom is standing by the gate?<\/em><\/p>\n

We would say, “He is standing by the gate.” So\u00a0who\u00a0<\/em>is correct.<\/p>\n

Example:<\/strong>\u00a0Gail wished she knew who\/whom won.<\/em><\/p>\n

Gail wished\u00a0<\/em>is a subject and verb pair (also called a clause).\u00a0She knew\u00a0<\/em>is another subject and verb pair (clause).\u00a0Who\/whom won<\/em>, the third clause, is the one we care about here. We would say, “He won.” So\u00a0who\u00a0<\/em>is correct.
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\nRule:<\/strong>\u00a0Use\u00a0whom\u00a0<\/em>when you could replace it with\u00a0him<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Example:<\/strong>\u00a0To who\/whom am I speaking?<\/em><\/p>\n

Let’s turn the question into a sentence to make it easier:\u00a0I am speaking to who\/whom.<\/em>\u00a0We would say, “I am speaking to him.” Therefore,\u00a0whom\u00a0<\/em>is correct.<\/p>\n

Example:<\/strong>\u00a0Hank wanted to know who\/whom they trusted.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hank wanted to know\u00a0<\/em>is a clause. That leaves\u00a0who\/whom they trusted.<\/em>\u00a0Again, let’s turn the question into a sentence:\u00a0Who\/whom did they trust?<\/em>\u00a0We would say, “They trusted him.” Therefore,\u00a0whom\u00a0<\/em>is correct.<\/p>\n

Now, wouldn’t it be nice to know when to use\u00a0whoever\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0whomever\u00a0<\/em>with confidence?\u00a0We’ll give you the technique for learning how to use that pair in two weeks.<\/p>\n

Pop Quiz<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Who\/Whom should I ask to the dance?
\n2. Cedric hasn’t decided who\/whom should be appointed yet.
\n3. I’m looking for an assistant on who\/whom I can depend.<\/p>\n

Pop Quiz\u00a0<\/strong>Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Whom should I ask to the dance?
\n2. Cedric hasn’t decided who should be appointed yet.
\n3. I’m looking for an assistant on whom I can depend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let’s crack the code for\u00a0who\u00a0and\u00a0whom. It is easier than you might imagine. The following are informal methods rather than rules; however, they really work! Rule: Use\u00a0who\u00a0when you could replace it with\u00a0he. Example:\u00a0Who\/whom is standing by the gate? We would say, “He is standing by the gate.” So\u00a0who\u00a0is correct. Example:\u00a0Gail wished she knew who\/whom won. Gail […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whowhomwhoeverwhomever"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grammarbook.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}