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What does it mean? It sounds like a slave market or a house of prostitution.

Mister Micawber, you are not supposed to comment on whether it's a slave market or a house of prostitution. Please reply with a pure grammatical point of view.

You need to give context for a complete answer.

Grammar Geek, assume that this question is as at the end of a children's lesson about two boys: one who has good habits, for example he completes his homework, he is hardworking and obedient to his parents and the other boy who is exactly the opposite.

haroon rashid assume that this question is as at the end of a children's lesson about two boys

OK. Now, which pronoun do you think is correct, haroon rashid— 'who' or 'whom'— and why?

haroon rashidPlease reply with a pure grammatical point of view.

On the (lack of) context you provided, he did.

Fifty years ago, a prescriptivist would have said that the pronoun is in the object position (true) and therefore the accusative case is required ('whom'). Pullum says that 'whom' is rarely used nowadays, except following prepositions. ( http://johnemcintyre.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/for-whom

I will go for 'who' because it sounds better, but I have read that "if the pronoun can be replaced by "him or her" in "I like him or her," then we should write 'whom'. That makes a lot of confusion. Please explain.

haroon rashidI will go for 'who' because it sounds better, but I have read that "if the pronoun can be replaced by "him or her" in "I like him or her," then we should write 'whom'. That makes a lot of confusion. Please explain.

If the pronoun can be replaced by "him" or "her", then "whom" is correct. Yes.

However, if "whom" is correct, but does not o

Do you want to say that although 'whom' is correct in the example above, it has become redundant, and, for that reason, not used nowadays?