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"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.

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Two things to keep in mind when your deciding weather to use formal or informal English are the?

You should consider the expectations of the people to whom you are talking (or for whom you are writing), and also check your horoscope for the day and see if the astrological influences favor informal or formal English.


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You can substitute words which are synonyms. They can be used in place of each other.


Which is correct Bob and Sue whom you met OR who you met?

"Whom" is not the plural form of the interrogative "who" (as a previous answerer stated), it is the objective form. So it does not matter if you're talking about more than one person or only one person. You should use "whom" when it's acting as an object (direct object, indirect object, object of a preposition), and "who" when it's acting as the subject of a sentence. There's much debate over whether "who" or "whom" should be used as predicate nominative, though traditionally, you would use "who" (this is similar to the debate of whether we should say "It is I" or "It is me", "It is I" is traditionally correct, but more current English speakers say "It is me"). In the example of the independent clause "whom you met", "you" is the subject, "met" is the predicate, and "whom" is the direct object. "Whom" is correct, not "who".


What is the Grammar rule for the use of 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


When do you use the work Whom?

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.

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