The pronoun 'who' is used as a subject pronoun.
The pronoun 'whom' is used as an object pronoun.
The pronouns 'who' and 'whom' are interrogative pronouns and relative pronouns.
An interrogative pronoun introduces a question.
A relative pronoun introduces a relative clause.
Examples:
Who is your new math teacher? (interrogative pronoun, subject of the sentence)
Mr. Smith who taught science is also teaching math. (relative pronoun, subject of the relative clause)
To whom should I give my completed application? (interrogative pronoun, object of the preposition 'to')
The manager is the one to whom you give the application. (relative pronoun, object of the preposition 'to')
Ok - this is quite an easy one to remember. You use 'who' when the people that you are talking about are the object of your sentence and "whom' when they are the subject of your sentence. If you get confused, you can use a simple trick... If you can put HE or SHE in the place of who/whom, then you should use...WHO. Example: Bill, who was the boss of the company. He was the boss of the company. So, WHO is correct. If the sentence only makes sense with HIM or HER, then use WHOM. Example: John, whom she met at school. If you put HE in this type of sentence it looks silly...She met HE at school. So, it must be....She met HIM at school...so use WHOM.
Who is the subject form of the word, and whom is the object form. More clearly, replace your who/whomin the sentence with he/him.> I am congratulating him. You are congratulating whom? Whom are you congratulating?> Who is there? He is there.> Where is he? Where is who?> To whom are you sending a present? I am sending the present to him.> Who is sending you a present? He is sending me a present.Where you would use a subject, use who.Where you would use an object, use whom.Hope this helps. :)Peace, vive le roi, RM25483
The pronoun 'who' is used as a subject pronoun.The pronoun 'whom' is used as an object pronoun.The pronouns 'who' and 'whom' are interrogative pronouns and relative pronouns.An interrogative pronoun introduces a question.A relative pronoun introduces a relative clause.Examples:Who is your new math teacher? (interrogative pronoun, subject of the sentence)Mr. Smith who taught science is also teaching math. (relative pronoun, subject of the relative clause)To whom should I give my completed application? (interrogative pronoun, object of the preposition 'to')The manager is the one to whom you give the application. (relative pronoun, object of the preposition 'to')
"Whom" is not a substitute for "who", it's another case. "Who" is the Nominative, while "whom" is either the Dative or the Accusative.To whom do we owe this pleasure?Whom have you told so far?The girl whom I saw yesterday is her sister.
In the example sentence, the pronoun 'whom' is an interrogative pronoun, a pronoun that introduces a question.The interrogative pronouns are: who, whom, what, which, whose.The pronoun 'whom' is the only objective interrogative pronoun; in the example sentence, 'whom' is the object of the preposition 'for'.Note: The pronoun 'whom' also functions as a relative pronoun, a pronoun that introduces a relative clause which 'relates' to the noun antecedent.The relative pronouns are: who, whom, whose, which, that.Example: The person for whom the package came no longer lives here. (The relative clause 'relates' to the antecedent 'person'.)
Whom is a word in the English language. It is use to describe an object Example; Whom can you see across the street?
you use who as the subject and whom as the object.
Ok - this is quite an easy one to remember. You use 'who' when the people that you are talking about are the object of your sentence and "whom' when they are the subject of your sentence. If you get confused, you can use a simple trick... If you can put HE or SHE in the place of who/whom, then you should use...WHO. Example: Bill, who was the boss of the company. He was the boss of the company. So, WHO is correct. If the sentence only makes sense with HIM or HER, then use WHOM. Example: John, whom she met at school. If you put HE in this type of sentence it looks silly...She met HE at school. So, it must be....She met HIM at school...so use WHOM.
The basic rule is this: Use the pronoun "who" when it is the subject of a clause and use "whom" when it is the object of a clause.Probably 90% of the places where you need to use "whom" are prepositional phrases. It's always "to whom", "from whom", "on whom", "with whom", "over whom", "of whom", since "whom" is the object of the preposition.If you are using the pronoun as the subject of the sentence, use "who". It's always, "Who is", "Who went", "Who did", "Who came", "Who left",Here's a trick to help remember: It's the same as the difference between "he" and "him". If a reply to your sentence would use "he", then your sentence should use "who"; if a reply to your sentence would use "him", then your sentence should use "whom". (Remember that "whom" and "him" both end with 'm'.) For example,"Who made this mess?" "He made this mess.""Who drove the car?" "He drove the car.""To whom did you give the keys?" "I gave them to him.""From whom did you hear that rumor?" "I heard it from him."Here's a tricky one--the subject is "you" and the object is "whom", but they're turned around:"Whom did you hit with a snowball?" "I hit him."
'Whom' is used as the object of a sentence, typically following a preposition or a verb. Use 'whom' when referring to the object of a verb or a preposition, while 'who' is used as the subject. For example, you would say "To whom did you give the book?" because 'whom' is the object of the preposition 'to.'
Since "whom" is the subject of the sentence, it should be "who" not "whom."And you need some sort of noun after "the."For example:Who is displayed in the window?If you want an example of how to use the word "whom," we need to change the sentence around:Whom did they display in the window?In this example, the subject is "they" and the object is "whom." So "whom" and not "who" should be used.
In writing, WHO is used for the subject of a verb and WHOM is used for the object of a verb or a preposition. For example: Who is the person to whom I speak? The -m of whom is the same as the -m of him, the sign of the objective case in 3rd person pronouns.In speech, whom is all but obsolete.
Yes, it is grammatically correct. Also, use it in the prepositional phrase " to whom " as in, " To whom are you referring ? " Be careful, there is much over-correction with this word. The man (whom I knew) was an American. He said "yup." The man, who (I knew) was an American, said "yup."
The answer depends on how the words are used in a sentence, but it's hard to imagine how "whom those" could appear in a good sentence. You might say, for example, "Who runs depends on whom they nominate." I cannot come up with an example for "whom those"! Here is an example: It was not clear for whom those love notes were intended.
It is "to whom". You use whom as an object and whoas a subject, just as you use him as an object and heas a subject, or me as an object and I as a subject. This gives you an easy way to check whether you should use who or whom: try substituting he or him, or I or me.For example, would you say "give it to he" or "give it to him"? Since "give it to him" is correct, you know that you need to use an object after "to", so that tells you to use "whom". You could also have used "give it to me" or "give it to I" to tell you the same thing: "give it to me" is correct, showing that you need an object after "to".
Whom is properly used whenever the pronoun is the object of a verb or a preposition. The only times many people use the word whom is when they are asking a question about somebody else. For example, " Whom are you refering to?"
Interrogative pronouns are used to make questions.who / whom / what / which / whoseWho is going with you?Whom do you teach? ( formal)What is your name?Which is your house?Whose coat is this?