What is the correct usage of who/whom after the first person pronoun "I"?
I ___ am most concerned, was not consulted.
I think it should be who, but I am not sure.
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2You could stick a , who in to make it grammatical, but most people wouldn't use either. 'I was not consulted, and I am the person this affects the most.'– Edwin AshworthCommented May 6, 2014 at 13:51
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@EdwinAshworth I don't quite understand what you're trying to say. Can you please elucidate?– Kartik AnandCommented May 6, 2014 at 13:57
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The choice of 'who' here (preceded by a comma, or with no commas in the sentence) makes it grammatically correct. But few native speakers would actually say (or even write) this; my rewrite might fit.– Edwin AshworthCommented May 6, 2014 at 14:01
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1As others have said, the answer is unequivocally who. But for many people it is the am which is problematic, because who am is so rare as to feel "wrong". There's no other choice which seems to work (who is; who are) so people tend to avoid the expression. "I who have ... " is not nearly such a problem.– Colin FineCommented May 6, 2014 at 15:53
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"who" works just fine.
But as Edwin Ashworth pointed out, this sentence is a bit too convoluted. It sounds very gothic and pretentious. People don't talk like that.
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I daily sing that song, why? :D And the 60s may be long, long ago, but they are not "gothic" :P Commented May 6, 2014 at 14:40
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@oerkelens - sure, but song lyrics aren't necessarily written the way people talk :) There's a certain poetry to it which people don't generally use in day-to-day dialogue. That is why I said "who" works grammatically. You can say it. It's just... no-one would actually say it like that :)– inkiewebCommented May 7, 2014 at 5:57