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Title: Using Who and Whom


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Using Who and Whom
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Forms of Who and Whoever
  • Nominative who, whoever
  • Objective whom, whomever
  • Possessive whose, whosever
  • Who and whom can be used to ask questions and to
    introduce subordinate clauses.

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Who in Questions
  • In a question, who is used as a subject or as a
    predicate pronoun (follows a linking verb).
  • Subject
  • Who wrote the song This Land Is
  • Your Land?
  • Predicate Pronoun
  • The writer was who?

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Whom in Questions
  • In a question, whom is used as a direct or
    indirect object of a verb or as the object of a
    preposition.
  • Direct Object
  • Whom did you ask?
  • Object of a Preposition
  • From whom did you get the
  • information?

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Choosing Who or Whom
  • Rewrite the question as a statement.
  • (Who, Whom) are you speaking to?
  • You are speaking to (who, whom).
  • Figure out whether the pronoun is a subject, an
    object, a predicate pronoun, or an object of a
    preposition.
  • To is a preposition.
  • To whom are you speaking?

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Subordinate Clauses
  • A subordinate clause contains a subject and a
    verb but does not express a complete thought and
    cannot stand alone as a sentence.
  • Today is the day when I will win an award.
  • Subject I
  • Verb will win

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Who in Subordinate Clauses
  • Who should be used when the pronoun functions as
    the subject of a subordinate clause.
  • Pete Seeger is a singer who cares about the
    environment.

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Whom in Subordinate Clauses
  • Whom should be used when the pronoun functions as
    a direct object, an indirect object, or an object
    of a preposition.
  • Direct Object
  • Bob Dylan is one singer whom Pete Seeger
    influenced.
  • (Pete Seeger influenced whom).

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Choosing Who or Whom
  • Identify the subordinate clause in the sentence.
  • Pete Seeger is a singer (who, whom) I admire.
  • Figure out how the pronoun is used in the
    sentence.
  • I admire (who, whom).
  • Direct Object
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