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What should be the correct form of this sentence?"whom will u choose?" or "who will u choose?"also please explain the correct usage of whom with meaning..

Ruslana · Accepted Answer

Both are okay. "Who" is more common these days, while "whom" sounds more precise to me (I always prefer that one).

By the way, I'm sure you're aware that it should have been you, not u.

Yoong Liat · Answer

HamzaWhat should be the correct form of this sentence?

"whom will u choose?" or "who will u choose?"

also please explain the correct usage of whom with meaning..

Strictly speaking, it should be Whom (object) will you choose? I wlll choose him. (object)

In modern/informal English, Who will you choose? is correct.

Who is the subject. Who (subject) is the cleverest? He (subject) is the cleverest/

Whom is the object. Whom (object) do you want to talk to? I want to talk to him. (object)

To whom (object) do you want to talk? I want to talk to him. (object)

Hope this helps.

Anonymous · Answer

From my understanding, the word "whom" is the non-gender specific singular pronoun used as the object of a preposition.

from whom

to whom

about whom

I believe the correct answer is: Who will you choose?

English 1b3 · Answer

No, Yoong is correct. The more precise term is whom, the objective case, functioning as the direct object of the verb choose.

Anonymous · Answer

I agree, Yoong are correct. My bad. I impulsively answered. I researched and found the following:

The typical usage guide statement about the choice between who and whom says that the choice must be determined by the grammar of the clause within which this pronoun occurs. Who is the appropriate form for the subject of a sentence or clause: Who are you? The voters who elected him have not been disappointed. Whom is the objective form: Whom did you ask? To whom are we obliged for this assistance? This method of selecting the appropriate form is generally characteristic of formal writing and is usually followed in edited prose.

In most speech and writing, however, since who or whom often occurs at the beginning of the sentence or clause, there is a strong tendency to choose who no matter what its function. Even in edited prose, who occurs at least ten times as often as whom, regardless of grammatical function. Only when it directly follows a preposition is whom more likely to occur than who: Mr. Erickson is the man to whom you should address your request.

In natural informal speech, whom is quite rare. Who were you speaking to? is far more likely to occur than the “correct” To whom were you speaking? or Whom were you speaking to? However, the notion that whom is somehow more “correct” or elegant than who leads some speakers to hypercorrect uses of whom: Whom are you? The person whom is in charge has left the office

In most speech and writing, however, since who or whom often occurs at the beginning of the sentence or clause, there is a strong tendency to choose who no matter what its function. Even in edited prose, who occurs at least ten times as often as whom, regardless of grammatical function. Only when it directly follows a preposition is whom more likely to occur than who: Mr. Erickson is the man to whom you should address your request.
In natural informal speech, whom is quite rare. Who were you speaking to? is far more likely to occur than the “correct” To whom were you speaking? or Whom were you speaking to? However, the notion that whom is somehow more “correct” or elegant than who leads some speakers to hypercorrect uses of whom: Whom are you? The person whom is in charge has left the office

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