College Composition / Unit 5 CMP 0111 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Who and Whom
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The idea
Use who when it acts as a subject and whom when it acts as an object.
In practice
"She is the person who is best qualified"; "I do not know whom to ask"; "To whom should I give the tickets?"
Where people slip
Test by answering the question: if the answer is he, use who; if it is him, use whom.
Your place on the trail
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