Pre-quiz He is the man who/whom I admire. Whom Who/whom will be elected president in November? Who On who/whom was the prank pulled? Who/whom wrote the letter? For who/whom should I vote?

Who/whom do I love? Whom He jumped out of bed and ran to see who/whom the parcel was for. Who/whom do you think she is? Who/whom loves you? Who It is the man wearing the red ball cap who/whom found the gold.

Who vs. Whom? Who and whom are relative pronouns (refers to pronoun) “Who” is only used when it is referring to the subject of a sentence (nominative case) “Whom” is used when it is referring to the direct object of a sentence or the object of a preposition (objective case)

Rules of Thumb If you can insert the word “he”, then you can use the pronoun “who” If you can insert the word “him”, then you can use the pronoun “whom” “M” is whoM Isolate your clauses! Ex: She is the one who/whom turns many heads.

WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? Example of misuse WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

The Answer

Examples Who/whom is St. Louis’ first baseman in the playoffs? (Answer the question) Albert Pujols is golfing with who/whom while the Cardinals are playing in the playoffs? (isolate the clause) Michael Scott is the one who/whom used to manage Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch. (isolate the clause) Pippa Middleton may not be the princess, but she still is the one for who/whom many heads turn. (isolate the clause)

Post-test Who/whom are you going to invite? Whom He doesn’t know who/whom the boss of the company is. I don’t care who/whom you invite. They hired the man who/whom we interviewed last week. Who/whom is going to do the dishes? Who