Who cares about the difference between WHO and WHOM?

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Who cares about the difference between WHO and
WHOM?

• Those to whom grammar matters, as well as those
  who care about ACT scores!

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Whom

• Lets face it. This word is a problem!
• Few use it correctly.
• Many who KNOW the difference between who and whom
  dont use it because it sounds stuffy or too
  scholarly.
• Whom are you calling, dear?

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Who still cares about WHOM?

• The makers of the ACT
• English teachers.like Ms. Signorino
• People who wish to sound credible when speaking
  in professional settings.
• Show-offs
• Michael cares!
• So should you!

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WHO

• Who is a SUBJECT pronoun.
• It can ONLY be used in the SUBJECT spot in a
  sentence.
• Who is coming to dinner?
• Notice that who can be replaced by another
  subject pronoun.like he

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Examples

• It was Thomas Jefferson who was the third
  president of the United States.
• Say to yourself..he was president He is a
  subject pronoun. You would never (I hope) say
  Him was president
• Who called so late last night?
• Who is the subject doing the calling

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Wellwhat about whom then?

• WHOM is always, always, always the OBJECT
• OBJECT of the sentence or OBJECT of a preposition
• Remember OBJECTS receive the action of the
  sentence.

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Ok, show me some objects!

• My sister called her boyfriend to tell him she
  loved him?
• boyfriend is an object because he is not the
  caller, but the one being called. He is
  receiving the action.
• Your sister called WHOM?

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More sentences with WHOM

• Whom are you calling a wimp?
• Whom do you sit near in Ms. Lormeaus fabulous
  English class?
• Whom are you texting?
• I would like to dedicate this lesson to whomever
  loves WHOM as much as I do!
• Whom can we turn to for help?

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Your Turn

• Jones is the guy (who/ whom) I went to a concert
  with last week.
• (Who/Whom) is that masked man?
• I always buy candy from (whoever/ whomever) asks
  me first.
• Ask (whoever/ whomever) read that book to answer
  the question.

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