1. HOW TO DETERMINE THE CORRECT PRONOUN
WHOM SWEET WHOM
HOW TO DETERMINE THE CORRECT PRONOUN

2. WHO OR WHOM “WHO” DOES SOMETHING IT IS A SUBJECT
SUBSTITUTE THE WORD “HE” OR “SHE” TO HELP DETERMINE THE CORRECT PRONOUN

3. WHO OR WHOM WHOM HAS SOMETHING DONE TO IT IT IS AN OBJECT
DIRECT OBJECT –
SUB/VERB/ WHAT?
INDIRECT OBJECT – SUB/VERB/ TO WHOM?
OBJECT OF THE PREPOSITION
SUBSTITUTE “HIM” OR “HER”

4. WHO OR WHOM
WHO DOES IT TO (AT, BY, FOR, FROM, IN, TOWARD, UPON, WITH, ETC) WHOM.
PREPOSITIONS FREQUENTLY COME BEFORE WHOM

5. HOW TO “DETECT” THE CORRECT PRONOUN
SIMPLIFY, SIMPLIFY, SIMPLIFY: STRIP THE CLAUSE TO ITS BASIC SUBJECT, VERB, AND OBJECT
MOVE THE WORD MENTALLY

6. PRACTICE
Writer Vince Rause, (who/whom) is afraid of roller coasters, decided to ride them and write about his experiences.
Who

7. PRACTICE
Rause told (whoever,whomever) would listen that he had shunned roller coasters since he was nine years old.
Whoever
The writer undertook the challenge for his baby daughter, (who/whom), he fears, will someday want to ride coasters with her father.
Who

8. PRACTICE
(Whoever/Whomever) has ridden a roller coaster recently can recall its speed, twists, and upside-down thrills.
Whoever
It was one of those friends (who/whom) told Rause to hold his arms over his head during his first ride.
Who

9. PRACTICE
Rause, for (who/whom) the ride’s start was sheer torture, could only scream in terror.
Whom
During the ride, however, he found that he loved the sensation of weightlessly hurtling through the air—as those (who,whom) he bored with his new coaster stories will confirm.

10. PRACTICE
(Who/Whom) would have thought that Rause would discover that he actually enjoys riding roller coasters?
Who
(Whoever/Whomever) thinks that people can’t overcome their fears should talk to Vince Rause.
Whoever