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Who vs whom in "Who is the right person to turn to?
Take the sentence:
Who is the right person to turn to?
I'm not sure whether who or whom should be used in this position.
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Which is more common, using “who . . . is” or “whom . . . are”?
Which of these would you say?
The married couple who the police caught is on drugs.
or
The married couple whom the police caught are on drugs.
Why?
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“Whom of which”, a valid expression?
I recently encountered this expression and I'm pretty much stumped. People seem to be using it in place of "who". Example:
[...] they were developed by non-medical professionals whom of which have ...
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Is this a proper use of a semicolon and the word “whom”?
PCAs are usually assigned to an individual with a physical, mental, behavioral, or emotional handicap; whom they work with throughout the year.
Is this sentence grammatically correct? I know ...
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“Managers are one group to which” vs. “managers are one group to whom”
Which of the following is grammatical?
Managers are one group to which these findings are relevant.
Managers are one group to whom these findings are relevant.
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“Whoever” Vs. “Whomever”
On the subject of "whoever" and "whomever", I was reading this but I am still confused: http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/whoever.asp
What is the correct use of whoever/whomever in the following ...
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Double “whom” sounds clunky, but is correct? [duplicate]
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What's the rule for using “who” or “whom”?
I believe the following sentence is correct, but am slightly unsure as it sounds a bit clunky - ...
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Using 'whom' for things
Is this sentence correct (especially the usage of whom)?
In addition, it might jump to a random vertex in the graph, whom the
current vertex is not necessarily connected to, with a certain
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“By whom?” vs. “Who by?” [duplicate]
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What's the rule for using “who” or “whom”?
With who vs. With whom
Are “by whom?” and “who by?” perfect equivalents?
I have the feeling ...
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There were ten people, of who/whom 5 [duplicate]
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What's the rule for using “who” or “whom”?
Please help me with the grammar here. An explanation would be extra nice, that way I can get it ...
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“Who” vs. “whom” in tricky sentence [duplicate]
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What's the rule for using "who" or "whom"?
Which is correct?
A certificate is a statement that states who is entitled.
A certificate is ...
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Don't forget [who/whom] you're dealing with [duplicate]
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What's the rule for using "who" or "whom"?
"Don't forget [who/whom] you're dealing with."
I know the rules for who vs. whom, but I'm having ...
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“Who to follow” or “whom to follow”?
On twitter, there's a "who to follow" button on the upper side of the screen. Shouldn't it be "whom to follow"?
This page suggests that whom is the correct usage in a case like this.
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Should I use “who” or “whom” as the only word in a sentence?
I understand that "who" is for the subject and "whom" is for the object. However, sometimes they are used as the only word in a sentence. For example:
Person 1: Yeah, he ate the entire cake.
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How should I construct “the who”?
In correspondence this morning, I found myself using a very verbal construction:
Your Recommendation is entirely up to you in terms of the who and why.
With due respect to the he:him::who:whom ...
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What is the correct usage of “whom”?
I am still very confused on when to use who and whom, I understand the idea these sentences are correct:
He is the person who won the competition.
That is the person whom I went on holiday ...
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Dative whom with accusative who
When I am not bound by a style that mandates otherwise, I like to use whom in dative constructions and who in accusative constructions (I am aware that English doesn't have a proper case system, but ...
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With who vs. With whom
Is this correct?
The person with whom I'm doing the project should be here soon.
If it is, is "with" always a dative preposition? (like "mit" in German)
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Prepositions at the end of sentence and whom
I believe it's okay to end a sentence with a preposition. That seems to be the consensus here as well.
Now I think that when who is the object of a preposition, it should technically be whom, e.g. ...
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Contemporary written usage of “whom” in objective case [duplicate]
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What's the rule for using “who” or “whom”?
I was writing a LinkedIn recommendation one day, and ended up pondering for a while which of these ...
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What’s the rule for using “who” and “whom” correctly?
I can never figure out whether I should use who and whom. Most people use who for both colloquially, but that’s not correct.
What’s the rule for using who and whom correctly?
