Whomever vs Whoever?

[nq:1]Would it be correct to use "whomever" or "whoever" in the sentence, "Please give this to whomever/whoever wrote the article."[/nq]
Whoever. If you don't believe me, just ask Liebs.

[nq:1]Would it be correct to use "whomever" or "whoever" in the sentence, "Please give this to whomever/whoever wrote the article." ... object. OTOH, it seems like "whoever" would be correct: since "wrote the article" needs a subject. Thanks for the clarification.[/nq]
The same rules apply as those for "who" and "whom".

"To" in this case is a preposition, so the objective "whomever" i

[nq:2]Would it be correct to use "whomever" or "whoever" in ... "wrote the article" needs a subject. Thanks for the clarification.[/nq]
[nq:1]The same rules apply as those for "who" and "whom". "To" in this case is a preposition, so the objective "whomever" is correct.[/nq]
Oy! Ask Liebs.

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[nq:2]Would it be correct to use "whomever" or "whoever" in ... "wrote the article" needs a subject. Thanks for the clarification.[/nq]
[nq:1]The same rules apply as those for "who" and "whom". "To" in this case is a preposition, so the objective "whomever" is correct.[/nq]
If I were you, though, I'd re-write it as "Please give this to the person who wrote the article".

Katy Jenni

[nq:2]Would it be correct to use "whomever" or "whoever" in ... "wrote the article" needs a subject. Thanks for the clarification.[/nq]
[nq:1]The same rules apply as those for "who" and "whom". "To" in this case is a preposition, so the objective "whomever" is correct.[/nq]
Well, that might be the case, and when I googled, I found that there are millions of hits for "whomever", but mostly

[nq:2]The same rules apply as those for "who" and "whom". "To" in this case is a preposition, so the objective "whomever" is correct.[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, that might be the case, and when I googled, I found that there are millions of hits for "whomever", ... than whoever. In fact I had to think to convince myself that whomever might be an English word at all.[/nq]
It all depends of the grammat

[nq:1]Would it be correct to use "whomever" or "whoever" in the sentence, "Please give this to whomever/whoever wrote the article." ... "to" takes a direct object. OTOH, it seems like "whoever" would be correct: since "wrote the article" needs a subject.[/nq]
No, "to" takes a prepositional object, since it is not a verb. The object, however, is not "whoever", but the entire subordinate clause,

[nq:2]Would it be correct to use "whomever" or "whoever" in ... would be correct: since "wrote the article" needs a subject.[/nq]
[nq:1]No, "to" takes a prepositional object, since it is not a verb. The object, however, is not "whoever", but the entire subordinate clause, "whoever wrote the article". The correct word is "whoever", because it is the =subject= of the subordinate clause.[/nq]

[nq:2]Would it be correct to use "whomever" or "whoever" in ... would be correct: since "wrote the article" needs a subject.[/nq]
[nq:1]No, "to" takes a prepositional object, since it is not a verb. The object, however, is not "whoever", but the entire subordinate clause, "whoever wrote the article". The correct word is "whoever", because it is the =subject= of the subordinate clause.[/nq]

[nq:2]No, "to" takes a prepositional object, since it is not ... "whoever", because it is the =subject= of the subordinate clause.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Whomever" is the objective case of "whoever", just like "whom" is the objective case of "who". It is used as ... do you trust? and, in the transitive verb case: CHOOSE whom you find most desirable. PUNISH whom you must. etc.[/nq]
All of that is corr