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whoever or whomever for this sentence?
i have an English question . whoever created this problem should be responsible to solve it. or whomever created this problem should be responsible to solve it ?
2015년 10월 5일 오전 3:05
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"Whoever" is correct.
"Who" asks the question to an answer with "He / She".
Q: Who did that?
A: She / He did that.
"Whom" asks the question to an answer with "Him / Her".
Q: For whom did I do this?
H: For him / her.
"Whom" is always the object of the sentence. The subject always executes an action on the subject, for example:
John cooked chicken for Karen.
For whom did John cook chicken?
Possible answers:
For Karen.
For her.
2015년 10월 5일
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"whom" and "whomever" are only necessary when the pronoun is used as an object of a verb, and even for that people tend to prefer "who" and "whoever" nowadays.
ex) I thank whomever it was that created this. (object of "thank").
(Most people say "I thank whoever..." for this)
In your sentence, it only serves as a subject, so there is absolutely no reason why "whomever" has to enter into the picture. It should be "Whoever".
2015년 10월 5일
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It's definitely "whoever", because that's the subject of the sentence.
"Whoever created this problem should be responsible for solving it." (pattern: responsible for [verb]ing)
2015년 10월 5일
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