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Title: Who or Whom


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Who or Whom
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Who
  • Is a subject pronoun.
  • Who or what the sentence is about (the person or
    thing that is doing or being something)
  • Usually comes at the beginning of a sentence.
  • Who just came in the door?
  • Who gave that to you?

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Whom
  • Is an object pronoun.
  • Usually follows a preposition (to, for, from,
    with) as object of the preposition.
  • To whom are you referring?
  • You loaned your book to whom?

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  • It can also be the direct or indirect object (the
    person or thing that is having something done to
    it).
  • Whom should I take to dinner tonight?
  • I saw someone whom I had met before.

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  • The easiest way to test whether who or whom is
    correct, is to substitute.
  • Who he
  • Whom him
  • Sometimes you will also need to turn a question
    around into a statement.

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  • Who/Whom did the committee select?

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  • Who/Whom did the committee select?
  • The committee did select who/whom.

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  • Who/Whom did the committee select?
  • The committee did select who/whom.
  • The committee did select he/him.

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  • Who/Whom did the committee select?
  • The committee did select who/whom.
  • The committee did select he/him.
  • The committee did select him.

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  • Who/Whom did the committee select?
  • The committee did select who/whom.
  • The committee did select he/him.
  • The committee did select him.
  • The committee did select whom.

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  • Who/whom is coming to your party?

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  • Who/whom is coming to your party?
  • He/Him is coming to your party?

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  • Who/whom is coming to your party?
  • He/Him is coming to your party?
  • He is coming to your party
  • Who is coming to your party?

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Examples
  • (Who or whom) did you see at Lake Erie?
  • From (who, whom) did you learn about it?
  • (Who, whom) will rent us a boat here?
  • (Who, whom) knows where to catch fish?
  • To (who, whom) did you write this morning?
  • Tomorrow (who, whom) will travel with us?
  • With (who, whom) will you walk to the market?

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  • 1. __________ was the thoughtful person?
  • For ______________ have they scheduled the
    swimming party?
  • Do you know ________ arranged the flowers?
  • _______ will be willing to drive tonight?
  • I dont know ________ gave you the present.
  • I wonder to ______ I should send the note.
  • There are a lot of people _____ really like our
    teacher.
  • Many of the people _____ came to the party had a
    great time.
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