When to use WHO and WHOM, please, give me examples in a very clear way.?

Answer 1

Try This:

http://web.ku.edu/~edit/whom.html

Answer 2

From http://www.uwf.edu/writelab/reviews/pronouncase.cfm

WHEN TO USE WHO AND WHOEVER

As the subject of a dependent clause
He is the person who I think has outstanding leadership skills.
Give the money to whoever wins.
He is a person who is dedicated to his principles.


WHEN TO USE WHOM AND WHOMEVER

As the object of a dependent clause
Voters will elect a person whom they think they can trust.
She is the person for whom I have a great deal of respect.
Give the ticket to whomever the group chooses.

Any grammar will agree. In the Subject-Verb-Object model of the sentence "He hit him," He = subject; Hit = verb; and Him = object (receiver of verb's action). Now, "who" is always subject, and "whom" is always object. So "He hit whom," "Who hit him," or Who hit Whom." If you are naming the person conducting the action, use "who"; if you are naming the person receiving the action, use "whom."

The He/Him test is very good but will not work in some circumstances and always relies on the speaker's ear to distinguish which is correct--something that young children, non-native speakers, and those with certain exceptionalities will not be able to call upon.

Also remember that the subject and object relatioship aplies also to prepositional phrases, not only verbs.

UWF's writing lab (the source of this link) provides a free grammar hotline that will be happy to answer any specific questions you may have.

st.

Answer 3

Usage note The typical usage guide statement about the choice between who and whom says that the choice must be determined by the grammar of the clause within which this pronoun occurs. Who is the appropriate form for the subject of a sentence or clause: Who are you? The voters who elected him have not been disappointed. Whom is the objective form: Whom did you ask? To whom are we obliged for this assistance? This method of selecting the appropriate form is generally characteristic of formal writing and is usually followed in edited prose.In most speech and writing, however, since who or whom often occurs at the beginning of the sentence or clause, there is a strong tendency to choose who no matter what its function. Even in edited prose, who occurs at least ten times as often as whom, regardless of grammatical function. Only when it directly follows a preposition is whom more likely to occur than who: Mr. Erickson is the man to whom you should address your request. In natural informal speech, whom is quite rare. Who were you speaking to? is far more likely to occur than the “correct” To whom were you speaking? or Whom were you speaking to? However, the notion that whom is somehow more “correct” or elegant than who leads some speakers to hypercorrect uses of whom: Whom are you? The person whom is in charge has left the office. See also than.

Answer 4

'Who' is the interrogative pronoun in the nominative case. I can't think of an example sentence with the word 'who' being properly used that isn't a question. (e.g. Who is at the door? Who was that on the phone? etc.)

'Whom' is the objective case of 'who' and is used as the object of a preposition. (e.g. To whom did you speak? The Lady, whom I met here yesterday, was very attractive.)

But those niceities are usually only observed in fairly 'formal' writing. In everyday speach, 'who' gets used for everything ☺


Doug

Answer 5

Who is the nominative form (subject) and takes a verb:
Who did this?
Who are you?
Who drove the bus?

Whom is the accusative form (object):
Whom did you see at the game?
Whom have we here?

Whom can also be governed by a preposition (to, at, with, from)
From whom did you borrow the book?
At whom did you throw the stone?
With whom did you go to the theatre?

Can sound stuffy in coversation so only use in formal written stuff, I should.

Answer 6

Who is used when it is the subject of a sentence. For example,
"Who can do this?" or "Who is at the door?" or Who is the smartest person in the world?"

Whom is used when it is an bject of a preposition or a verb. For example, To whom does this belong?" (whom is the object of the preposition "to"). or Of whom are you speaking. (Whom is the object of the preposition "of").

Answer 7

Hello, to whom am I speaking?

Who is the person I am speaking to?

In the first sentence, to whom, refers to the person you are speaking too.(noun) In the second sentence WHO refers to the subject of the sentence.(the person who is pronoun)Relative pronouns, who, whom etc. introduce subordinate clauses that introduce the pronouns or nouns outside the clause.

Answer 8

To whom do I give these letters to. Who is making that loud noise.

Answer 9

If the answer is "him" , The question is "whom " eg
Whom does it belong to ? To him.
If the answer is "he" , the question is "who " eg
Who did it ? He did it.

Answer 10

Who is asking this question? She is asking this question.
This question was asked by whom? It was asked by her.
He or she.. use who
Him or her.. use whom

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