Do I Use Who Or Whom In This Sentence?

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Do I use who or whom in this sentence? Within the clause alone (not the whole sentence),

if the pronoun is a subject, then who is correct; if the pronoun is an object, then whom is proper

. For example: Many people dislike the new chairman whom we have elected.

How do you use whom in a sentence examples?

  • He saw the faces of those whom he loved at his birthday celebration.
  • She saw a lady whom she presumed worked at the store, and she asked her a question.
  • Here dwells an old woman with whom I would like to converse.

Who or whom should I address?


“who” should be used in the subject position in a sentence, while “whom” should be used in the object position, and also after a preposition

. For example: Who made this decision? [here, who is the subject of the sentence] Whom do you think we should support? [here, whom is the object of support]

How do we use whom?

Who vs whom exercises?

  • To. who. whom. have you offered the flowers?
  • Who. Whom. wrote that beautiful love poem?
  • I just want to know. who. whom. made this delicious dish.
  • Do you know the man. who. whom. …
  • My parents will accept. whoever. whomever. …
  • For. who. whom. …
  • He is a kind of person for. who. whom. …
  • Tell me, who. whom.

Who I taught or whom I taught?

You can find the right word by using the trusty him test. Insert the words he and him into your sentence to see which one sounds right.

If he sounds right, use who. If him sounds right, use whom.

Is it to who or to whom it may concern?

Ask yourself “Who does this email concern?”

If you can honestly answer “Anyone,” then feel free to use To Whom It May Concern

. But if you can home in, whether on an individual (Mr. Smith) or a department (Admissions Department), always use the more specific approach.

Who I lost or whom I lost?

If you're still unsure about which form to use in a sentence, try this test: Restate the sentence with a personal pronoun, or, if it is a question, answer the question with one word.

If the personal pronoun in the restatement or response is he or she, who is correct. If it's him or her, whom is correct.

Who vs whom vs that?


“Who” is a pronoun used as a subject to refer to people. “That” is a pronoun used for things or groups. When used as an object, “who” becomes “whom.”

These are the kolaches that John brought.

Who do I pay or whom do I pay?

Just saying.)” An easier “test” of whether to use “who” or “whom” is to reword the sentence so you can replace the putative subject(s) or object(s) with “he” or “him.”

If you would use “him,” you would use “whom.”

(The sexist mnemonic is that both “him” and “whom” end with the letter m.)

Can a sentence start with whom?

Who' at the Beginning of a Sentence. “Whom was called into the office?”

Technically, that “whom” is correct because it's the object of the verb “called.”

Yet almost no one would say it that way.

Who vs whom fill in the blank?

Who and whom are both . The word ‘who' is used as the subject of a sentence or clause, as a placeholder for the person performing the verb action. ‘Whom' is used to refer to the object of the sentence or clause, the one the verb action is being performed unto.

Fill in the blank with the best word: who or whom.

Who do you live with or whom do you live with?



Whom do you live with

” is technically correct, because when you have the preposition “with”, you would use the object form, “whom”. “Who” is for subjects. Another form of the correct sentence would be “With whom do you live?”

How do you use whom exercises?

  1. Choose whoever/whomever you want.
  2. Show the door to whoever/whomever disagrees.
  3. Who/whom did you see?
  4. A man who/whom I recognized left the theater.
  5. He is the one who/whom we think will give up first.
  6. We don't know who/whom you are talking about.
  7. I never met anyone who/whom looked so tired as she/her.

Who I respect or whom I respect?

The Quick Answer: When to Use Who and Whom


If a question can be answered with him, the pronoun whom is correct

—just remember that both words end with an -m!

Who do I feel or whom I feel?

Whom is used as the object of the verb or the object of a preposition. It's an objective pronoun. You asked whom to the dance? In this case, the subject and verb are “You asked.” The pronoun following the verb is the object of the verb, therefore

whom is correct.

Who I become or whom I become?

Rule:

Use whom when you could replace it with him

. Example: To who/whom am I speaking? Let's turn the question into a sentence to make it easier: I am speaking to who/whom. We would say, “I am speaking to him.” Therefore, whom is correct.

How do you start an email with To Whom It May Concern?

In that case, simply

begin your email or letter with the first paragraph or with “Re: Topic You're Writing About,” followed by the rest of the letter or message

. When other options don't work for your correspondence, it's acceptable to start a letter with “To Whom It May Concern.”

How do you address a letter to an unknown person?

How do you address a letter to an unknown person in the UK?

If you do not know the name of the person you are writing to,

begin with Dear Sir or Dear Sir or Madam or Dear Madam and end your letter with Yours faithfully, followed by your full name and designation

.

Who or whom I love so much?

Who or Whom I Love so Much? The correct way to phrase this

whom I love so much, not who I love so much

. We know that whom is correct because this pronoun refers to the object of a preposition or verb. We may not have a preposition, but we have the verb love.

Who I admire or whom I admire?

Obviously,

the proper word is who

. Compare that with He is a man who I admire. Because we would say I admire him, the sentence should read He is a man whom I admire. The key to mastering whom comes down to knowing the difference between a subject and an object.

Who I assume or whom I assume?

Another easy way to remember is the “m” in him and whom.

If you can answer the question with him, you're using whom correctly

. If it doesn't make sense, it's probably supposed to be who instead.

Who I met or whom I met?

Who is used as the subject of a sentence or clause. Whom is used as the object of a preposition and as a direct object. In your sentence, the pronoun would refer to the direct object, so to be correct, you should say, “

The boy whom I met

at the party.”

Which who whom whose grammar rules?

Relative pronouns are used at the beginning of an adjective clause (a dependent clause that modifies a noun). The three most common relative pronouns are who, which and that.

Who has two other forms, the object form whom and the possessive form whose

. Who and whom are used mainly for people.

Can I replace they with whom?

⇒ I see them. Whom is the direct object of the verb see, so

you can replace whom with them

. You'll notice that the placement of whom is different from that of other object pronouns—whom generally comes before the subject and verb while other object pronouns like them come after the subject and verb.

Who I trust or whom I trust?


“Whom can I trust?” is formally accurate, yet both are informally acceptable

. In formal grammar, the correct choice would be “whom” because we use the pronoun “who” to refer to the subject of a sentence while “whom” refers to the object of a verb or preposition.

Who is walking Who or whom?

The quick test in choosing between who and whom is to substitute he or him.

If he sounds better, who is correct; if him sounds right, whom is correct

. That's because as a pronoun whom is used to represent the object of either a verb or a preposition, while who represents the subject of a verb.

Are who and whom interchangeable?

Does whom always follow a preposition?

Who vs whom sat practice?

Who and whom in questions and subordinate clauses?

Who is waiting for whom?


“Whom” is technically correct

. You should use “who” for the subject of the sentence, and “whom” for the object of a verb or preposition. In this case, “whom” is the object of “waiting”.

Who I have or whom I have?

The commonly repeated advice for remembering whether to use who or whom is this:

If you can replace the word with he or she or another subject pronoun, use who

. If you can replace it with him or her (or another object pronoun), use whom. One way to remember this trick is that both him and whom end with the letter m.

Who are you looking at or whom are you looking at?

“The whom” is the “object” of the sentence. So – whom is used to refer to the object. Which one is (gramatically) correct:

look whom we have here or look who we have here? “Whom”.

Who belongs to whom?

The distinction between “who” and “whom” is the same as that between “he” and “him.” The answer you would get to the question posed would be “The bag belongs to him” rather than “The bag belongs to he.” So

“whom” is the technically correct pronoun.

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