Who vs. Whom

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Who vs. Whom

• OE 106

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Who and Whom

• These pronouns are both interrogative pronouns
  (used in asking questions) and
  relative pronouns (used to refer to
  a noun in the main clause).
• Who is going? (Interrogative.)
• Mr. Sears is the one who is going. (Relative,
  referring to one.)

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Who is the Subjective Form

• Use who whenever he, she, they, I, or we could
  be substituted in the who clause.

Who is arranging the teleconference? (She is
arranging the teleconference.)
Whoever wins the primary will win the election.
(He wins the primary.)
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Whom is the Objective Form

• Use whom whenever him, her, them, me, or us could
  be substituted as the object of the verb or as
  the object of a preposition in the whom clause.
• Whom did you squash today? (You did squash him
  today.)
• I will hire whomever I can find. (I can find
  him.)