1. Adjective Clause 3 whom/who2
Adjective Clause 3
whom/who
Use whom if to, from, or with is used immediately before the subject. OR
Use whom if you are replacing him, her, or them.
Usually, whom is followed by a noun.

2. Use “whom” if “with” used immediately before the subject.1
Use “whom” if “with” used immediately before the subject.
Weak sentence
They’re meeting their friends. They camped with their friends.
[Whom or no introductory word]
Best sentence
They’re meeting their friends with whom they camped
They’re meeting their friends [whom] they camp with.
They’re meeting their friends they camp with.

3. Use “whom” if you are replacing him, her, they, or them.2
Use “whom” if you are replacing him, her, they, or them.
Weak sentence
1. He is a leader, and the people trust him.
Best sentence
He is a leader whom the people trust.
He is a leader [whom] the people trust.
He is a leader the people trust.

4. 2. This is the clerk, and the customers ask him for help.3
2. This is the clerk, and the customers ask him for help.

5. 2. This is the clerk whom customers ask for help. 4
2. This is the clerk whom customers ask for help.
This is the clerk customers ask for help.

6. 4.The girl was not at work, and Betty knew the girl from school. 6
4.The girl was not at work, and Betty knew the girl from school.
5.The girl was not at work, and Betty knew her sister from school.
6.Dorothy Parker was a writer, and I always enjoyed this writer.
7.Dorothy Parker was a writer, and I always enjoyed this writer’s stories.

7. 8
4. The girl whom Betty knew from school was not at work. The girl Betty knew from school was not at work.

8. 6.Dorothy Parker was a writer, and I always enjoyed this writer.8
6.Dorothy Parker was a writer, and I always enjoyed this writer.

9. 6. Dorothy Parker was a writer whom I always enjoyed. 7
6. Dorothy Parker was a writer whom I always enjoyed.
Dorothy Parker was a writer I always enjoyed.

10. We were proud of the students who made the daring rescue.
Who/Whom
We were proud of the students who made the daring rescue.
The owners for whom the reception was given were present.
Buyers who invest in fast horses sometimes enjoy profits.
The man for whom we are waiting is Nancy’s father.
She is the one who asked for another helping of the fruit salad.

11. Who/verb whom/noun or pronoun
1. Was it Richard the Lion-hearted __tried to block the signing of the Magna Carta? 2. Benjamin Franklin, to ____ we will always be grateful, is credited with discovering electricity. 3. Nancy had yet to find out ___ her roommate would be. 4. Was Henry Ford the man ___ designed the ill-fated Edsel? 5. The economist __ he consulted gave him expert advice.

12. Who/verb whom/noun or pronoun
1. Was it Richard the Lion-hearted who tried to block the signing of the Magna Carta?
2. Benjamin Franklin, to whom we will always be grateful, is credited with discovering electricity.
3. Nancy had yet to find out whom her roommate would be.
4. Was Henry Ford the man who designed the ill-fated Edsel?
5. The economist whom he consulted gave him expert advice.