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Who or Whom in English grammar??

I learned relative pronouns.

But I don’t think most of the native speakers use WHOM sentence.

Do you use Whom sentence in your coversation??

I think who is more natural.

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Jeannie B

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It depends on whether it’s a subject or an object.

Just as simple as that.

I wish everybody could learn how easy it is to use the correct form!

WHO is a subject.

[WHO is going today? … I want to know WHO will be willing to play… Let’s decide WHO will represent us at the conference.]

WHOM is always an object. Either the object of a verb, or the object of a preposition.

[Let’s decide WHOM we’ll choose… I never know WHOM I’m calling… I’ll tell you a story about the man for WHOM my son was named….]

Just make yourself stop and think about the parts of speech before you talk, and you’ll soon start using who and whom properly without thinking about it.

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Anonymous
It’s m more natrual in spoken english, but if you want to be really correct grammar wise, you should use whom where it fits.

HOwever, it’s a trend slowly dying out.

and you seem to only hear and read it in formal situations.

I guess it’s like the word shall, in terms of no many people using it anymore.

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Del Piero 10
Who is more common but “whom” is more appropriate after certain prepositions such as “with whom” e.g. “Fred bumped into Bob with whom he was aquainted.” Awful sentence but you get the idea.
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Odd Little Animal
I use the correct one.

It’s easy enough, take this sentence

“Who/whom did you go with?”

Answer it as if the person is male…

“I went with he/him”

If “he” is correct, then the sentence is “Who did you go with?”

If “him” is correct, then the sentence is “Whom did you go with?”

Just remember, if it ends in “M” (him) then in ends in “M” (whom)

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Anonymous
When you are addressing/speaking about a person, it is whom.

I say whom often. It’s much more proper.

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Anonymous
I think that would depend upon who you are. But whom ever you are… who is perfectly okay.
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bsharpbflatbnatural
Who is the subject.

Whom is the object.

Who does things.

Whom is done to.

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Moo
Not very much, hehe.
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