Who/Whom grammar question: Is "Who did you go to the play with?" correct?

Question

or is it : Whom did you go to the play with? or With whom did you go to the play? or With who did you go to the play?

Answer 1

"Who" is the subjective case. It is used as the subject of a sentence.

"Whom" is the objective case. It is used as the object of a verb or preposition.

Since the pronoun in question is used as the object of the preposition, "with", the correct choice would be "whom".

Since, in proper English, one does not end a sentence with a preposition, the correct answer would be: "With whom did you go to the play?"

To further illustrate, think about the sentence: "With whom did who go to the play?"

Answer 2

The correct format is: I've been playing since I WAS twelve. The thing is people are stupid. Give them the smallest opportunity and they will prove that fact beyond the shadow of a doubt. Just read all of the posts on this site and note how many people cannot spell, and cannot form a correct sentence. It is not a little scary to imagine where the English language is going when this many people--who are just a small sample of the total population of the world--are illiterate..

Answer 3

Whom did you go to the play with.

Answer 4

Who Did You Go With

Answer 5

Use whom.

You question can rephrased "With whom did you go to the play?" Rephrasing can often answer the whom/who question.

Answer 6

Well this is how I learned to tell the difference:
WHOM goes with HIM. WHO goes with HE. So if you have something like you're example your question, "Who did you go to play with? It would have to be him. You can't say "Did you go with he?" You have to say "Did you go with him?" So any sentence that has "with" in it, it's going to be whom. Good luck babe!

Answer 7

With whom did you go to the play ? Don't end a sentence with a preposition.

Answer 8

well as a culture we tend to say: who did you go to the play with?!

But it is actually: With whom did you go to the play?

Answer 9

the second choice is correct...never end your questions with a prepostion

whom-refering to an action being done to the subject

who-refering to the subject doing the action

Answer 10

If "who/whom" follows a preposition (e.g. "with"), then you should use "whom." So, since "Who did you go to the play with?" is really the same as "With who did you go to the play?" you should use "whom": "Whom did you go to the play with?". Or "With whom did you go the play?" Either way of arranging it is correct, as long as you use "whom."