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Who or Whom

Who or Whom. 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?. Whom. Is an object pronoun.

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Who or Whom

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  1. Who or Whom

  2. 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?

  3. 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?

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Who/Whom did the committee select?

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

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

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

  10. 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.

  11. Who/whom is coming to your party?

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

  13. 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?

  14. 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?

  15. 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 don’t 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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