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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Whoever or whomever

Thanks to whomever/whoever donated this to me.

which one is more grammatical?

  

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I'm not 100% sure, but using the rule of substituting 'he' or 'him' in the sentence and seeing which fits better, I'd say ' he donated this to me' and therefore use 'whoever'. If you could use 'him' instead, you would use 'whomever'. The problem is, 'whomever' is rarely used in English, certainly in British English, as almost no-one without a high-level grammar education understands how to use it.

— David Hatton

  • I'm not 100% sure, but using the rule of substituting 'he' or 'him' in the sentence and seeing which fits better, I'd say ' he donated this to me' and therefore use 'whoever'.
  • If you could use 'him' instead, you would use 'whomever'.
  • The problem is, 'whomever' is rarely used in English, certainly in British English, as almost no-one without a high-level grammar education understands how to use it.
  • Formal documents may see it used, but that's about all!
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I'm not 100% sure, but using the rule of substituting 'he' or 'him' in the sentence and seeing which fits better, I'd say 'he donated this to me' and therefore use 'whoever'. If you could use 'him' instead, you would use 'whomever'.

The problem is, 'whomever' is rarely used in English, certainly in British English, as almost no-one without a high-level grammar education understan

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anonymous

Thanks to whomever/whoever donated this to me.

which one is more grammatical?

Thanks to whomever / whoever donated this to me.

Both sound a little weird, because the construction imposes competing but unsatisfiable requirements: on the one hand it must be nominative "whoever" because it's the

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