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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Who or whom for this sentence

I received an email saying: please send me the the contact information for the woman at the office with whom you have been working.

My question is about the word 'whom'. Is it correctly used or should it be who?

Also, when to use who and whom, or is it best to reword the sentence?
  

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Anonymous My question is about the word 'whom'. Is it correctly used Yes: 'with whom'. The object pronoun is the object of the preposition 'with'.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous My question is about the word 'whom'.
  • Is it correctly used Yes: 'with whom'.
  • The object pronoun is the object of the preposition 'with'.
  • Anonymous Also, when to use who and whom, or is it best to reword the sentence?
  • The sentence is fine.
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AnonymousMy question is about the word 'whom'. Is it correctly used
Yes: 'with whom'. The object pronoun is the object of the preposition 'with'.
AnonymousAlso, when to use who and whom, or is it best to reword the sentence?
The sentence is fine. Use 'who' for a subject and 'whom' for an object.
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got it, thanks! So the statement 'who do you love ' is wrong. It should be whom do you love. Right?
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AnonymousSo the statement 'who do you love ' is wrong.
Not exactly—this form (the subject pronoun because it stands in subject position in the sentence) is becoming more and more common and is now accepted as a less formal alternative by many grammarians. Strictly speaking, in formal English it should be 'whom', yes.
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Yes, because it sounds a little awkward to say, whom do you love.

And is what you explained that it is becoming more common accepted, just for the example I provided or in general?
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Anonymousin general?
Yes, in general:

I know who you love.
Who does he think you gave it to?
etc.
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So in these examples you can also use whom and it would be the more formal form. Right?
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