Using Who and Whom

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Using Who and Whom
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Forms of Who and Whoever

• Nominative who, whoever
• Objective whom, whomever
• Possessive whose, whosever
• Who and whom can be used to ask questions and to
  introduce subordinate clauses.

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Who in Questions

• In a question, who is used as a subject or as a
  predicate pronoun (follows a linking verb).
• Subject
• Who wrote the song This Land Is
• Your Land?
• Predicate Pronoun
• The writer was who?

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Whom in Questions

• In a question, whom is used as a direct or
  indirect object of a verb or as the object of a
  preposition.
• Direct Object
• Whom did you ask?
• Object of a Preposition
• From whom did you get the
• information?

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Choosing Who or Whom

• Rewrite the question as a statement.
• (Who, Whom) are you speaking to?
• You are speaking to (who, whom).
• Figure out whether the pronoun is a subject, an
  object, a predicate pronoun, or an object of a
  preposition.
• To is a preposition.
• To whom are you speaking?

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Subordinate Clauses

• A subordinate clause contains a subject and a
  verb but does not express a complete thought and
  cannot stand alone as a sentence.
• Today is the day when I will win an award.
• Subject I
• Verb will win

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Who in Subordinate Clauses

• Who should be used when the pronoun functions as
  the subject of a subordinate clause.
• Pete Seeger is a singer who cares about the
  environment.

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Whom in Subordinate Clauses

• Whom should be used when the pronoun functions as
  a direct object, an indirect object, or an object
  of a preposition.
• Direct Object
• Bob Dylan is one singer whom Pete Seeger
  influenced.
• (Pete Seeger influenced whom).

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Choosing Who or Whom

• Identify the subordinate clause in the sentence.
• Pete Seeger is a singer (who, whom) I admire.
• Figure out how the pronoun is used in the
  sentence.
• I admire (who, whom).
• Direct Object