Should who or whom be used in this sentence?

Question

This is the sentence:

He was so worried about ________ he should ask to the big dance, that he ended up not asking anyone.

Answer 1

I believe you would want "who" here.

Answer 2

The answer is who.
Whom should be used if it's following a predicate.
EX) From whom?
To whom?
For whom?

Answer 3

The answer is whom. Whom is used as the object of a preposition. Prepositions include words like to, for, about, under, over, of, after, and before. I know this is correct. There are lots of places you can google, and check, but take it from an old English teacher. ;)

Answer 4

Whom, because "whom" is used as an object. In this sentence, "whom" is the object of the verb ask in the subordinate clause of "he should ask ____ to the big dance."

Answer 5

Who is used when it's the subject.
Whom is used when it's the Object of the Preposition.

So...whom.

Answer 6

whom
First of all, prepositions always take objects, never subjects.
ABOUT is a preposition. Its object is WHOM
WHOM is the objective case.
Another way of looking at the sentence:
Look at the subject verb combination:
HE SHOULD ASK
This too takes an object, not another subject.
When a verb takes an object, the object is WHOM
Use who in the following sentence:
"Any player who can beat Foster must be very good."
Note that player is the subject of the verb, therefore it takes WHO.
Now note this:
"Any player whom Ross can beat must be very poor."
Note that the ROSS is the subject of the verb CAN, and the object is WHOM.

Answer 7

Who.

Answer 8

he = who/whoever

him = whom/whomever


So the answer is who.

Answer 9

Either Who or Whom would be just fine.

Answer 10

Wait. I was mistaken (I think?). "who" would be correct. "Who" is used for a subject and "whom" is used for an object?!

Answer 11

Strictly speaking you would use "whom" as it is the objective case. HOWEVER, it sounds phony and pretentious to my ear, so I would use "who."