Who vs. Whompreposition. Example: Who is going to Old Main? Example: With whom are you going to Old...
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Inasentence,whoisusedasasubject,asopposedtowhom,whichistheobjectofaverborpreposition.
Example:WhoisgoingtoOldMain?Example:Withwhomareyougoingto
OldMain?
Inthefirstsentence,whoisthesubject,butthesecondsentencehaswhomastheobjectoftheprepositionwith.
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Informationretrievedfrom:Shundalyn,Allen.“WhoVs.Whom.”GrammarlyBlog,4April
2014,https://www.grammarly.com/blog/who-vs-whom-its-not-as-complicated-as-you-might-think/
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Forexample,tryusingthehe/she/theytrickusingthissentence:
Example:Who/whomwantstogototheCage?
Trysubstituting“she”and“her”:
Example:ShewantstogototheCage.
Example:HerwantstogototheCage.
Becausethefirstsentenceiscorrect(“she”makesthesentencegrammaticallycorrect),itisthesubjectofthesentence.Therefore,youshouldusethewordwho.
WhowantstogototheCage?
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Toaskaquestionusingwhoorwhom,firstidentifythesubjectorobjectofasentence.Tryusingthissentencetoaskaquestion:
Example:St.OlafstudentstakeNorthfieldLinesfromtheairportbacktocampus.
If“St.Olafstudents”arethesubjectofyourquestion,usewho,butiftheyaretheobjectofapreposition,usewhom.
WhotakesNorthfieldLines?
BywhomareNorthfieldLinestaken?
Forsomepractice,trypickingthecorrectversionofwho/whomforthesesentences:
Religion121wascanceledtomorrowbywho/whom?Who/whomisgoingforawalkintheNaturalLands?Withwho/whomareyoustudyingabroadforinterim?
Nowtrymakingyourownsentencesusing
theserules!
Justremember:whoisthesubject,whomistheobject
Basicstrategy
Sohowcanyoutellwhenyourpronounistheobjectofaverborpreposition?Here’satrick:
Trysubstitutinghe/she/theyandhim/her/them.Ifhe/she/theyfits,usewho.Ifhim/her/themfits,usewhom.