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Acot Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

who(m)

When is it that you use whom and not just who?
  

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strongly suggest making a search with who whom at this site (see the search box in the upper right corner) as it's been beaten to death, reading those threads and posting in them or here if you have more questions

  • strongly suggest making a search with who whom at this site (see the search box in the upper right corner) as it's been beaten to death, reading those threads and posting in them or here if you have more questions
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strongly suggest making a search with
who whom
at this site
(see the search box in the upper right corner)
as it's been beaten to death,
reading those threads and posting in them or here if you have more questions
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You use "whom" for the object of a verb or preposition, and "who" for the subject of the verb, e.g.

1. Who's coming to the party? [who = subject of "is"]

2. Whom did you invite to the party? [whom = object of "invite"]

3. There were several grammarians at the party, none of whom had an invitation. [whom = object of "of"]

You'll often hear "w
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That's excellent.

Maybe I am beating this area of grammar too many times but let me ask you how do you know when to say "Who is coming to the party?" and "Who are coming to the party?" Thank you.
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Hello Believer

When you're asking for information, you usually use the singular form:

1. Do you happen to know who's coming to the party tonight?

Though sometimes the context requires a plural verb:

2. Who are those people over there?

When you're giving information, you can use singular or plural as appropriate:

3. Here's a list o

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