Get Word Choice Exercise 6 Who And Whom Answers

'Who' does not inflect for number: it is always 'who' as the subject of a clause and 'whom' in all other contexts, whether its antecedent is singular or plural.

The commonly repeated advice for remembering whether to use who or whom is this: If you can replace the word with he or she or another subject pronoun, use who. If you can replace it with him or her (or another object pronoun), use whom. One way to remember this trick is that both him and whom end with the letter m.

When in doubt, try this simple trick: If you can replace the word with he or she, use who. If you can replace it with him or her, use whom. Who should be used to refer to the subject of a sentence. Whom should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition.

The object is the person, place, or thing that something is being done to. Examples of “whom” in a sentence: He saw the faces of those whom he loved at his birthday celebration. She saw a lady whom she presumed worked at the store, and she asked her a question.

"Who," "Whom" and "Whose" in Indirect Questions He doesn't know who the boss of the company is. subject of the indirect question. I don't care whom you invite. object of the indirect question. She isn't sure whose car that is. "Whose" shows possession of car.

The Rule: Who functions as a subject, while whom functions as an object. Use who when the word is performing the action. Use whom when it is receiving the action. Kim is an athlete who enjoys distance running.