Who as subject or object?
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I'm writing a fictional dialogue. But I'm trying to understand if who is acting as subject here or object? I feel that who is the object here.
His father turned to him. "She's not what you're looking for. Whom you should be with," he said.
Is "Whom" correct here, since "you should be with her"?
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cloudpixie Is "Whom" correct here, since "you should be with her"? In the very strict rules used 100 years ago, yes. But in contemporary English, no.
- cloudpixie Is "Whom" correct here, since "you should be with her"?
- In the very strict rules used 100 years ago, yes.
- But in contemporary English, no.
- "Who" has been gradually replacing "whom" as the language continues on its evolutionary path of losing inflections and becoming more regular.
- The only place "whom" is commonly used now is directly after a preposition.
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cloudpixieIs "Whom" correct here, since "you should be with her"?
In the very strict rules used 100 years ago, yes. But in contemporary English, no. "Who" has been gradually replacing "whom" as the language continues on its evolutionary path of losing inflections and becoming more regular. The only place "whom" is commonly used now is directly after a pr
0cloudpixieHis father turned to him. "She's not what you're looking for. Whom you should be with," he said.
The "sentence" in red makes no sense, either with 'who' or 'whom'. It's not even a sentence.
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