"To whom," brother! "To whom," brother! "To whom," brother!
One of the more confused issues of grammar is the "Who" vs. "Whom" usage. "Who" is nominative case, while "whom" is accusative case.
Rule: Use the he/him method to decide which word is correct.
- he = who
- him = whom
Who/Whom wrote the letter?
He wrote the letter. Therefore, who is correct.
For who/whom should I vote?
Should I vote for him? Therefore, whom is correct.
We all know who/whom pulled that prank.
This sentence contains two clauses: We all know and who/whom pulled that prank. We are interested in the second clause because it contains the who/whom. He pulled that prank. Therefore, who is correct. (Are you starting to sound like a hooting owl yet?)
We want to know on who/whom the prank was pulled.
This sentence contains two clauses: We want to know and the prank was pulled on who/whom. Again, we are interested in the second clause because it contains the who/whom. The prank was pulled on him. Therefore, whom is correct.
- Source: GrammarBook.com
5 Comments:
Two much greater crises:
1) Difference between your and you're.
2) Hyperusage of apostrophes
(or as some would type: apostrophe's)
I enjoy these English lessons... 8) I am driving friends crazy when i refer to myself with a lower case "i" in the middle of sentences now. ;-)
Really, Samurai, that's a great bit. What if Christians swam upstream by demonstrating "dying to self" with the lowercase "i" in writing.
Think i should join You in that endeavor?
Gunny - i leave that up to you sir. 8) I am quite certain that you are doing so aside from your expressions in the written word however. 8)
"To whom brother!"
Great movie reference!!
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