Give the letter to Mary. to whom?
The letter is for Mary. for whom?
A noun that answers the question "To Whom?" ot "To What?" or "For Whom?" or "For What?"
An indirect object is a noun or a pronoun.
The answer to "what" is a thing.The answer to "whom" is a person.The pronoun "whom" functions as the object of a verb or a preposition.The corresponding pronoun "who" functions as the subject of sentence or a clause.The pronoun "what" functions as a subject or an object in a sentence.
In speech and writing the answer to whom (and what) is a noun or pronoun. For example: Whom did John Doe accuse? Answer: He accused Bill Smithers. What did Jane Doe eat?Answer: She ate sirloin steak followed by raspberries with cream.
An indirect object is a noun or pronoun that follows an action verb, receives the direct object, and answers: To whom and To what.
The object of a sentence is the noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb. It answers the question "what" or "whom" the verb is acting upon.
Noun: answers
What is used for things. Whom is used for a person.
A noun answers the question, 'What is it?' or 'Who is it?'
Noun: answers, test, electricity
In English grammar, "what" is used to ask about things or ideas, while "whom" is used to ask about people or objects that are the object of a verb or preposition. "What" is used for subjects and direct objects, while "whom" is used for indirect objects and objects of prepositions. For example, "What are you reading?" asks about the thing being read, while "Whom did you give the book to?" asks about the person receiving the book.
Proper nouns