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Who/whom
When do you use "who" or "whom"? ie I can talk to who/whom ever I want?
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"Who" is the subject form of the pronoun and "whom" is the object form. Prescriptively speaking: I can talk to whomever I want. "Whom" is increasingly rare in spoken registers, but is expected in written English.
- "Who" is the subject form of the pronoun and "whom" is the object form.
- Prescriptively speaking: I can talk to whomever I want.
- "Whom" is increasingly rare in spoken registers, but is expected in written English.
- In casual spoken English you are likely to hear it only after a preposition, if then...
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"Who" is the subject form of the pronoun and "whom" is the object form.
Prescriptively speaking: I can talk to whomever I want.
"Whom" is increasingly rare in spoken registers, but is expected in written English. In casual spoken English you are likely to hear it only after a preposition, if then...
Prescriptively speaking: I can talk to whomever I want.
"Whom" is increasingly rare in spoken registers, but is expected in written English. In casual spoken English you are likely to hear it only after a preposition, if then...
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