When you do use who and when do you use whom?

[Shawn]

thanks

 

[Nikamichi]

Who are you fvsking?

Whom are you fvskin with?

 

[nycxandy]

English Motherf%cker, do you speak it?

 

[gotsmack]

My GMAT book says to replace it with HE and HIM, then use whatever sounds best

 

[MikeMike]

when you can use He use who.

when you can use Him use whom

i think that is a sorta way to do it but i am not positive. it sorta works but not really.

MIKE

 

[wiredspider]

😕

 

[Yossarian]

'who' is the subject of a verb, 'whom' is the object.

 

[glen]

Originally posted by: Yossarian
'who' is the subject of a verb, 'whom' is the object.

 

[Shawn]

Dear Santa,
There are twelve people whom I think you should give gifts this year

who or whom?

 

[Ikonomi]

10. Use the proper case of pronoun.

The personal pronouns, as well as the pronoun who, change form as they function as subject or object.

Will Jane or he be hired, do you think?

The culprit, it turnedout, was he.

We heavy eaters would rather walk than ride.

Who knocks?

Give this work to whoever looks idle.

In the last example, whoever is the subject of looks idle; the object of the preposition to is the entire clause whoever looks idle. When who introduces a subordinate clause, its case depends on its function in that clause.

...

Virgil Soames is the candidate who we think will win. [We think he will win.]

...

Virgil Soames is the candidate whom we hope to elect. [We hope to elect him.]

From The Elements of Style.

So, in your Santa example, the proper pronoun is whom. I think you should give them gifts this year. At least, I think that's right. I have to admit, it gets kind of confusing sometimes.

 

[Shawn]

Ok another question... I am writing about the Cantebury Tales and I am trying to figure out how to address the individual characters. Most of them their names aren't given and are refered to as "the knight" or the "the parson". When addressing them should I write "The Knight" or "the knight"?

 

[Cook1]

?

😕

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Cook1
?

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should I capitalize their occupation?

 

[BurnItDwn]

I only use Who.

When people use Whom when speaking to me I "anti-correct" them and say ... no, WHO, you mean WHO.

I don't like how whom sounds. It's a dumb word.

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: Supercharged

Originally posted by: Cook1
?

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should I capitalize their occupation?

If the original story doesn't, then you shouldn't.

 

[OMG1Penguin]

Originally posted by: Yossarian
'who' is the subject of a verb, 'whom' is the object.

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
when you can use He use who.

when you can use Him use whom

i think that is a sorta way to do it but i am not positive. it sorta works but not really.

MIKE

To whom it may concern = To him it may concern? 😕

 

[IEC]

Looks like grammar and spelling took a nosedive along with the quality of ATOTers. 😀

 

[Ikonomi]

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: nourdmrolNMT1
when you can use He use who.

when you can use Him use whom

i think that is a sorta way to do it but i am not positive. it sorta works but not really.

MIKE

To whom it may concern = To him it may concern? 😕

Edit: My previous example was wrong. Let me try again.

This letter is addressed to whom it may concern.

This letter is addressed to him.

Anyway, that one is really obvious because there's a preposition (to) right in front of the pronoun, so it's obviously an object. The only problem is the missing subject, I think.

To whom should I give this dog?

Give it to him.

Who gave me this dog?

He did.