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Why can you use these two interchangeably?

0I have a sentence below and wish for an explanation as to why we can use "whom" and "who" with the nonrestrictive clause "whom I worked with"?02br
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01i00The man, 00whom I worked with00, runs a big restaurant now02i00.0-
  

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0Formally, 01i 00whom02i 00 is required, as the object of the preposition 01i 00with02i 00. However, since the pronoun (or, actually, its clause) stands in apposition to the subject (01i 00man02i 00), many people would accept 01i 00who02i 00 here. 0-

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  • 0Formally, 01i 00whom02i 00 is required, as the object of the preposition 01i 00with02i 00.
  • However, since the pronoun (or, actually, its clause) stands in apposition to the subject (01i 00man02i 00), many people would accept 01i 00who02i 00 here.
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0Formally, 01i00whom02i00 is required, as the object of the preposition 01i00with02i00. However, since the pronoun (or, actually, its clause) stands in apposition to the subject (01i00man02i00), many people would accept 01i00who02i00 here. In general, the subject pronoun 01i00who02i0
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0 Alot of people use who instead of whom in casual speech because of habit mainly. In many cases when to use who and when to use whom isn't very clear. That's why sometimes we can get 'me' and 'I' mixed up. Like for example;02br
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00 Who wants some cake?02br
00 A: I do.02br
00 B: Me.02br
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00 Either one is fine because
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