Proper use of Who and Whom

Me ^ | 9/12/02 | Rebelbase

[LurkerNoMore!]

You both do this stuff good.

[WFTR]

Who's on first.

Whom is warming up a relief pitcher in the bullpen.

I hope its clear now.

WFTR
Bill

[WFTR]

What mistake did I make in my previous post?

[Sam Cree]

I asked some English teachers on another thread and they said I was wrong. But: "You hired who to do that job?! I think whom sounds a little odd. :-)

[gcruse]

What is the proper grammer when using Who and Whom?

Use 'who' when describing the sound an owl makes.
'Whom' is proper when describing an elephant fart.

[Mike Darancette]

Don't ask for whom the bell tolls .....

him/he???

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

LOL...... "Whom did you ask to do the job?"

You are right....sounds stuffy.....lol

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

"Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee"

Simple explanation: At the time this was written, the generic "thee" was used in place of he/him, except for alternate Thursdays, on which "thou" was the proper word usage.

(off BS).....;^)

[Sam Cree]

Well, reading this thread actually made me figure out which ones get used where, it's really pretty simple...lol, also.

[lilylangtree]

Who is the interrogative pronoun in the nominative case. What or which person or persons as in "Who left?" Used as a relative pronoun to introduce a clause when the antecedent is a human as in "The boy who came yesterday." Meaning the persons that; whoever. Who or whoever are nominative forms employed when the pronoun in question functions as subject or as predicate after a form of the verb "be." Ex. "He interviewed a girl who he thinks will be excellent in the role." Examples of who in clauses as the subject: "Who shall I say is inquiring?" "We must offer it to whoever applies first." "He has pledged to support whoever is nominated."

Whom and whomever, the corresponding objective forms, are used when the pronoun is an objective of a verb as in "Whom did you meet?" or preposition or a subject of a complementary infinitive as in "the boy whom I took to be your brother." Sometimes the preposition and the pronoun are separated as in "He wants to know whom should he speak to." In a clause, "Each candidate should support whomever the convention chooses."

courtesy of "The American Heritage Dictionary" (an example that I remember is "Who threw the ball to whom?")

[afraidfortherepublic]

A simple test to see which is proper is to replace who/whom with he/him. If he sounds right, use who; if him is right, use whom.

Yeah, but too many people can't even perform that test propoerly these days. How many times have you heard someons say, "Susie went to the store with him and I?" or "Him and me went to the store." These pronouns are misused so often that it is no wonder that the young folks get it wrong. Object of a preposition is the one sure way, but you've got to be able to identify a preposition!

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Have you heard that the current "acceptable" grammar is doing away with the rule about not ending a sentence with a preposition?

What are they thinking of? ( lol )