Who or whom?
I am confused how to use who or whom in this sentence
The woman who/whom I saw yesterday was Sasha.
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This is what we say today and it is accepted as correct: The woman who I saw yesterday was Sasha. This is the technically grammatically "correct" version, which is falling out of use: The woman whom I saw yesterday was Sasha. It used to be considered correct to use whom whenever the objective form of who was required.
- This is what we say today and it is accepted as correct: The woman who I saw yesterday was Sasha.
- This is the technically grammatically "correct" version, which is falling out of use: The woman whom I saw yesterday was Sasha.
- It used to be considered correct to use whom whenever the objective form of who was required.
- (as in your sentence) This is no longer necessary and the objective form who is now commonly used, even in formal writing.
- Who cannot be used directly after a preposition but the preposition is usually displaced to the end of the clause, as in: The man who he sent the package to had died .
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This is what we say today and it is accepted as correct: The woman who I saw yesterday was Sasha.
This is the technically grammatically "correct" version, which is falling out of use: The woman whom I saw yesterday was Sasha.
It used to be considered correct to use whom whenever the objective form of who was required. (as in your sentenc
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