When do Americans omit the subjective relative pronoun?

Question

Hi, I'm a student studying English.

Can subjective relative pronoun be omitted (as an ellipsis)?

And if it's "yes" , when do Americans omit the subjective relative ?

Answer 1

Americans omit the subjective relative pronoun every time they want to prove that they don't know too much English (and they are very good at proving that). Also, just like the one who gave you the first answer, he is an American, I think, because he said "...the man who I kicked" instead of "...the man WHOM I kicked'. Well, grammar is not for everybody, I guess...

Answer 2

No, I don't think so. The objective relative can be deleted, but not the subjective. Examples of subject: I see the guy that kicked me. I see the guy who kicked me. BUT NOT *I see the guy kicked me.

The objective relative: I see the guy I kicked. I see the guy that I kicked. I see the guy who I kicked.

NOTE ABOUT "WHOM": The following answer is not an American. In Modern American English "whom" is virtually extinct as a relative pronoun. We NEVER use it in speech--either formal or casual. "I know the man that I kicked", "I know the man who I kicked", "I know the man that I gave the book to", "I know the man who I gave the book to", "Who did I kick?", "Who did I give the paper to?" These are the forms of sentences where Brits might use "whom", but where Americans would never ever use "whom". A minority of people might use it in writing here, but they are usually considered to be dilletantes and snobs. In other words, people who use "whom" in America are social pariahs.