using who and whom
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Using Who and Whom. By Cheryl M. Hamilton. Do you know?. People sometimes confuse the pronouns who and whom when they write. Who. Who is a subject form. It is used as the subject of a sentence or the clause. Who As A Subject Example. Who is at the door?. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
By Cheryl M. Hamilton
Using Who and Whom
People sometimes confuse the pronouns who and whom when they write.
Do you know?
Who is a subject form.
It is used as the subject of a sentence or the clause.
Who
Who is at the door?
Who As A Subject Example
Her mom is a great mother who bends over backwards for her.
Who Example as the Subject in a Dependent Clause
Whom is an object form.
It is used as the object of a preposition or as a direct object.
Whom
This is the piano teacher from whom I take lessons .
Whom as Object of a Preposition Example
That is the team whom I like the best!
Whom as a Direct Object Example
The subject you doesn’t need to come first in a question.
Don’t be fooled if the subject does not come first.To understand when to use whom, change the
word order so that the subject comes first. Whom will you ask? becomes
You will ask whom?This makes it easier to see that whom is a direct
object.
Things to Remember About Whom
_________ is your favorite teacher?
Who or Whom
Who is your favorite teacher?
Warm Up Example
About ———————- is that famous song written?
wh0 or whom
About whom is that famous song written?
Warm Up Practice
——————- did you choose for the captain?
Who or Whom
Whom did you choose for the captain?
Warm Up Example
I met a man today, ———— is a great writer.
who or whom
I met a man today, who is a great writer.
Warm Up Example
http://www.softschools.com/quizzes/grammar/who_whom/quiz3329.html
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