When do you use the word whom instead of who?

Question

Besides to whom it may concern. How should I know when to use "whom"?

Answer 1

This has to do with whether the question is focusing on the direct or in-direct object.

Which is hard to explain.
The easy way I remember is:
When you can answer the question with: he...you use who.
"How loves me?" "He does" (The person asking is the sentence subject). Indirect.
When you can answer the question with: hiM...you use whoM.
"Whom do I love?" "I love him." Notice those two both have m's on the end. nice way to remember. (The boy is the sentence subject). Direct.


but basically. nobody use's whom anymore.

Answer 2

Who is used for a grammatical subject, where a nominative pronoun such as I or he would be appropriate, and whom is used as the object of a verb or preposition."

A nominative pronoun acts as a subject of a verb (Who ate the cake?) or as the subject of a linked verb (Did you see who ate the cake?). A direct object, on the other hand, is the object of a verb (Whom did you call?) or a preposition (He is the person to whom I placed the call).

Answer 3

You use the word whom after a preposition and you use who as like a subject of a sentence or a clause

Answer 4

As mentioned, remember "Who did what to whom?" As yourself, is this the person doing an action, or not? If the person is the one acting, then it is "who". If the person receives an action, it is "whom". At first glance, "Who am I speaking to?" seems correct - but when you ask, who is speaking, you realize that "I" am speaking, so it should be "whom". It can be awfully confusing, I know. Just keep in mind the question, who is doing the action?

Answer 5

For those of you who are confused and to whom it may concern and to whomever may be listening, I only know how to use whom or who but I don't know why.

Answer 6

An easy way I like to use to remember the rules for this is to replace "who" with "he" (or "she") and "whom" with "him" (or "her"). The connection is easy to remember because who and he are both the shorter words, and whom and him both end in the letter m. Sometimes this requires rearranging the sentence, but the rule works fairly well.

An example: ___ do I need to give my homework to?

Try out both ways:
I need to give my homework to he.
I need to give my homework to him.

In this case, him is the proper choice, and therefore you would say, "Whom do I need to give my homework to?"

Hope this helps you remember! I use it all the time.

Answer 7

when making a broad statement like to Whom it may concern. basically when you dont know who you are talkin to

Answer 8

When you're talking about him or her.....


"Are you going with him?" turns into "Whom are you going with?" if you don't know the gender!

Answer 9

The answer is in a book title Dictionary.

Answer 10

I think anytime you put the word "to" before it.