can anyone tell me an easy way to remember how to know whether to use the word "who" or "whom" in a sentence.

Question

i"m homeschooling my 15 yr old and we need some help. thanks.
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Answer 1

For "Who" substitute "He" or "They" -- these are clearly
used for the "subject" of the sentence or the clause, the
person "initiating" the action of the verb
For "Whom" substitute "him" or "them" - these are clearly
the "object" of the clause, commonly used with prepositions
or "receiving" the action of the verb

If you substitute using he/they
or him/them, does the sentence sound right?
If not try the other case.

Answer 2

Thank goodness for HOUSTONPR....
The other answers are just wrong!
Use who when you need a subject, a noun. Whom is objective case: To whom.... Whom is the object of a preposition or a verb. As some suggested, substituting "he" for "who" and "him" for "whom" will help a lot!

Answer 3

you use who for saying Who are you or Who is he? You used Whom more likely in letters to to someone. Like when you say;
To Whom this may concerns.

Answer 4

Who is used when you have an idea who you are referring to. Whom is used when you don't have any indication of whom you are referring to.
Examples: Who is the man in the grey coat? (We have an idea which person this is.)

To whom am I speaking? (We have no idea which person is being referred to; no distinguishing characteristics revealed.)

I hope this helps and makes sense.

Answer 5

use 'whom' when the pronoun accompanies a preposition
eg. to whom, for whom, of whom, by whom, "I was speaking of those whom we recently saw." etc

Answer 6

If you would use He or him to answer. THink about how it would be answered to figure out how to use it. WHo=he, whom= him
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