Who

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Who
VS
Whom
By Kyle Harper
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When To Use Who

• A person should use who when it is the subject
  of a verb, even in subordinate clauses
• Example Who is going to play?
• Who is the subject of the sentence
• Example The visitor who came yesterday.

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Whom

• Whom should be used when the person talked
  about is the direct or indirect object.
• Example Whom are you taking to play?
• The subject in the sentence is you and whom is
  the object pronoun of the sentence
• Example If I spoke perfect English, to whom
  would I speak it?

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Examples

• Taxes will go up no matter whom we elect.
• Whom is the direct object of the verb.
• Taxes will go up no matter who is elected.
• Who is the subject of the verb is elected

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Trick To Get It Right

• 4 Steps
• Step 1 Isolate the clause containing who or
  whom
• Step 2 Ignore the part of the sentence that does
  not contain the clause with who or whom in it
• Step 3 In place of the who or whom put he
  or him in and see which one sounds better
• Step 4 If he sounds better then choose who, if
  him sounds better put whom

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Practice

• 1) (Who, Whom) goes there?
• 2) (Who, Whom) will give you the prize?
• 3) I know (who, whom) stole my wallet.
• 4) You threw the typewriter at (who, whom).