who Vs whome

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How about the following sentences?1) "Whome should I contact?"  This seems to be grammatically correct.2) "Who should I contact?"  This seems incorrect but is accepted by educated speakers and is considered correct.So I would say both senteces are correct but second one is commonly used.Can we replace whome with who is other cases too?SG

Eimai_Anglos · Accepted Answer

There's no such word as "whome" in english.

I would say "whom did you give it?" and "who did you hit?"
(Dative and accusative cases, yes?)

Paco2004 · Answer

Hello Eimai

I feel your sentence "whom did you give it" is somehow wrong. I've learned the dative "whom" cannot stand in a wh-question without "to". We discussed a lot in this forum about this issue. If you are interested, please visit .

paco

Viognier · Answer

Hi paco. I visited the thread you referred but didn't find a word "whom" at all! ??
See you :)

Paco2004 · Answer

Ugh! I'm so sorry! I gave you a wrong thread. It is .

paco

Katsudon · Answer

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How about the following sentences?

1) "Whome should I contact?" This seems to be grammatically correct.

2) "Who should I contact?" This seems incorrect but is accepted by educated speakers and is considered correct.

Both are grammatically correct just as 'you' for subject and object are both correct.

So I would say both senteces are correct but second one is commonly used.

Can we replace whome with who is other cases too?

'whom' can be and is replaced by 'who' in most situations in modern English. Here's just one googled example.

Results 1 - 10 of about 94,600 English pages for "who do you trust?".

Results 1 - 10 of about 18,300 English pages for "whom do you trust?"

'whom' is retained when the preposition is fronted and 'who' is then not used.

To whom was it given?

SG

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