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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.
2017年4月24日 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. :)
2017年4月24日
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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2017年4月24日
You're welcome! Have a lovely day. :)
2017年4月24日
Thank you Dya!
2017年4月24日
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/
2017年4月24日
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