1.  Who vs Whom Tricky Little Business

2. Personal Pronoun Chart  Remember this? SingularPlural 1 st Person I, me, my, mineWe, us, our, ours 2 nd Person You, your, yours 3 rd Person He, him, his, she, her, hers, it, itsThey, then, their, theirs

3. Are the Pronouns Interchangeable?  Can you substitute I for me ?  Can you substitute him for he ?  Can you substitute we for us ?

4.  Subject Pronouns  Serve as the SUBJECT of a sentence or clause  I, we, you, he, she, it, they  Object Pronouns  Serve as the OBJECT of sentences or prepositions  Object – words that complete the meaning of a verb or preposition  Me, us, you, him, her, it, them

5. Transition….  Who  Whoever  SUBJECT pronouns  Whom  Whomever  OBJECT pronouns

6. SIDEBAR!!!!  Use “who” or “whom” with people  Use “that” with objects.  I will give this to the student WHO gets the answer right. NOT  I will give this to the student THAT gets the answer right.

7. Replacement Trick  If you could replace “ who ” with “ he ” (or she), you are correct!  If you could replace “ whom ” with “ him ” (or her), you are correct!  Note : Whoever and whomever follow this pattern too!

8. Who/Whom wrote the letter?  Replace who with she:  She wrote the letter  Replace whom with her:  Her wrote the letter.  The correct pronoun is Who.  She works in the sentence.

9. For who/whom should I vote?  Should I vote for him/her ?  Should I vote for he/she? So, we know that whom is correct.  Remember: whom is replaced with him or her.

10. I asked whom they plan to send to the new island.  Turn the sentence around:  They plan to send her to the new island.  They plan to send she to the new island.  So, her corresponds with whom.  They are not sure who/whom will be making the trip. What is the answer?