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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Who vs. Whom, more complicated.

Which is correct?
I asked him whom would be riding the train.
I asked him who would be riding the train.
I understand that who is the object of the first verb, but it also serves as the subject of the second verb. I assume the second to be correct but I'm not sure. Help please?
  

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I asked him who would be riding the train. The case of the relative pronoun is governed by its function in the subordinate clause, not the main clause. I asked him whose glove had been found.

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  • I asked him who would be riding the train.
  • The case of the relative pronoun is governed by its function in the subordinate clause, not the main clause.
  • I asked him whose glove had been found.
  • I asked him whom he had invited to the party.
  • ) I asked him whom he had sent gifts to.
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I asked him who would be riding the train.

The case of the relative pronoun is governed by its function in the subordinate clause, not the main clause.

I asked him whose glove had been found.
I asked him whom he had invited to the party. (But most people would use "who" even though it is object case.)
I asked him whom he had sent gifts to. (But most people would use "who
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The choice is determined by its role in the embedded clause, where, as you said, it's the subject.

"Who will be riding in the train?"
I asked him who would be riding in the train.
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