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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Whomever/whoever

Is it correct to say:

Look up hoping to please whomever is screening our prayers, before they're sent to the

one who answers them.
  

Top answer

The choice of who and whom is always determined by what follows . Look up hoping to please whoever is screening our prayers.... Look up hoping to please whomever they hope is watching....

  • The choice of who and whom is always determined by what follows .
  • Look up hoping to please whoever is screening our prayers....
  • Look up hoping to please whomever they hope is watching....
  • Subject vs.
  • object of verb or preposition .
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The choice of who and whom is always determined by what follows.

Look up hoping to please whoever is screening our prayers....

Look up hoping to please whomever they hope is watching....

Subject vs. object of verb or preposition.
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AnonymousIs it correct to say:
Look up hoping to please whomever is screening our prayers, before they're sent to the
one who answers them.
No. whoever is the subject of the clause: whoever is screening our prayers.


Look up hoping to please whoever is screening our prayers....

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