Learning English - what is the difference between who and whom?

8,513 views ・ 2019-03-15

English Addict with Mr Duncan


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hello there a continuing debate in English usage is the question of when to
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use who and when to use whom according to formal grammar who forms the
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subjective case and so should be used in subject position in a sentence as in who
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decided this the form whom on the other hand forms the objective case and so
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should be used in object position in a sentence as in whom do you think we
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should support to whom do you wish to speak although there are some speakers
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who still use who and whom according to the rules of formal grammar as stated
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here there are many more who rarely use whom at all its use has retreated
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steadily and is now largely restricted to formal contexts the normal practice
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in modern English is to use who instead of whom and where applicable to put the
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preposition at the end of the sentence who do you wish to speak to who do you
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think we should support such uses are today broadly accepted in standard English.
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