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Originally posted by WONDA
Since everyone here seems very in-the-know with their grammar, let me ask a question.
In my 18 years of life and throughout my countless English classes, I've never been able to figure out the rule for Who/Whom. Something like who is for subjects, and whom is for objects? Idk. I took a quiz on-line a few weeks ago on the subject, and I actually did well, but it seems easier for me to recognize whether they're being used correctly than it is for me to put the rule to use while writing.
Soooooo please teach me gurls.
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To help illustrate, look at it like this.
Subject Object
I me
he him
she her
we us
they them
who whom
Example Sentence: (Whom,Who) should I invite to the dance? When you turn the question into a statement , you use the prounoun her, so according to the chart, whom is correct.
Who used correctly : Janice is the student who (referring to the subject) has read the most groups.
General Rule of Thumb : Generally , if you can omit the
who/whom entirely, the correct form is whom. If you need it, then it's who.
Examplle: Janice is the student the teachers picked as outstanding. (Sentence makes sense w/o the
who/whom structure, so the correct form is whom.
You should also always use
whom as the object of a preposition. Ex: I don't know to
whom I should send the package (whom is the object of the preposition to.)
Hope I helped