1. 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?

2. 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.

3. 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)

4. 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.

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

7. The Answer

8. 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)

9. 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