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Thayná Camila
What's the difference between "who" and "whom"?
Could you explain me what's the difference between "who" and "whom" didactically? That's something hard for me to understand.
24 apr. 2017 17:33
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Dya and Soheil's answers are both very good. In case it helps someone, I'm adding my own little trick for remembering which to use.
I pretend that the answer to the question I want to ask is a male in third person singular:
- Who spilled the milk? He spilled the milk. (Who? He.)
- Whom did you tell? I told him. (Whom? Him.)
- Do you know who called this afternoon? I know that he called this afternoon. (Who? He.)
- Whom is the present for? The present is for him. (Whom? Him.)
Of course, the actual answer may not be "he" or "him" - this is just a way to to keep the grammar straight. And this only works if you have a pretty good grasp of which male 3rd-person singular pronoun to use. :)
24 april 2017
Hi! "Who" is used as the subject/doer of a sentence:
1. There are people who think English is too difficult to learn
2. There's a man in my neighborhood who runs 15 miles a day.
But "whom" is used as the object of a sentence or after a preposition:
1. There's a man whom people call The Strider. He's a dangerous guy. (In this sentence "who" is also acceptable but less grammatical)
2. To whom am I speaking, please? ( For when you're on the phone)
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24 april 2017
You're welcome! Have a lovely day. :)
24 april 2017
Thank you Dya!
24 april 2017
Good timing! I was just reading up on the best way to articulate this to someone else.
The difference between who and whom is exactly the same as the difference between I and me , he and him, she and her, etc. Who, like I, he, and she, is a subject – it is the person performing the action of the verb.
Whom, like me, him, and her, is an object – it is the person to/about/for whom the action is being done.
http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/blog/english-mistakes/who-vs-whom/
24 april 2017
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Thayná Camila
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Engels, Duits, Italiaans, Portugees, Spaans
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Engels, Italiaans
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