Who/whom - which is right here?

0"Whom" is grammatical, but rarely used unless the preposition is immediately before it. You will hear the first sentence used many, many times more often than the second.0-

0 Grammatically, "whom" is correct>> I am talking about whom? You know whom I am talking about.02br
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00 Colloquially, "who" is often used in this way. 0-

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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10"Whom" is grammatical, but rarely used unless the preposition is immediately before it. You will hear the first sentence used many, many times more often than the second.12br
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10I agree. It sounds [something: pretentious?] to use 'whom' while keeping the '

0To paraphrase that quote attributed to Mr. Churchill - He is the type of person up with whom I will not put 050010id1

"Whom" is correct but sounds "preachy". If you're quoting someone, e.g. Sandra said, "You know who I'm talking about," you MUST use "who", because Sandra would never say "whom". If, on the other hand, the dialog is from a teacher . . .