Who
–Used when speaking about “he” or “she.”
Example:
1. He said he would do it. (Who will do it?)
2. She found the remote. (Who found the remote?)
Whom
–Used when speaking about “him” or “her.”
Example:
1. I told her to vacuum the living room. (Whom did you tell to vacuum the living room?)
2. Should I tell him? (Whom should I tell?)
“Who” and “whom” was always something I got confused with. I don’t think I’ve never used the word “whom” in my life because of it. Everything was “who” for me because I deemed that to be the right way all the time.
Of course now I have no excuses not to use these words the right way. And neither do you.
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A good topic. I used to struggle too and sometimes still completely forgo using either who or whom and change the sentence completely haha.
That’s what I do! I change the sentence completely if I can’t figure it out, lol.
I’ll admit I still struggle with these from time to time…
I do all the time, lol.
Thanks! I struggle with this one all the time!
I do as well! 🙂
Thanks for this.
No problem. 🙂
Here’s a post in which I make the perhaps controversial case that you’re better off using “who” when you *should* use “whom” than using “whom” and getting it wrong. Curious whether this makes sense to you!
https://justcanthelpwriting.wordpress.com/2016/02/21/is-the-hypercorrectness-troll-gobbling-up-your-grammar/
Interesting! Though it still confuses me, lol.
Even though I feel like it’s okay to be technically incorrect at times, I enjoy reading about correct usages, especially for words such as “who” and “whom.”
Recently, while I was reading through a student’s essay (I’m a writing tutor, by the way), my Spidey Sense began tingling when she used the word “photoshopped.” I looked it up to see if it was correct and discovered, from the Photoshop site itself, that it’s incorrect to use “photoshop” as a verb since it’s the trademark for a product one can use, not an action. So I suggested the student reword her sentence to read that Photoshop was used, not that something was photoshopped. Interesting, the things we pick up along the way. 😉
You know, that makes sense. I say “photoshopped” all the time. But that’s a good point. It’s just another “slang” word I guess. 🙂
Yeah, just something that’s out there, correct or not. 🙂
Oh, something I just thought of that I think pertains to your post about the correct usage of words is a Penny Arcade comic about a game called The Witcher. I don’t know if you’re familiar with the game, but the comic does a good job of showing a discussion over the correct use of the word. Here it is:
https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/10/25
I’m not familiar with that, but the comic was good!
The struggle is so real!
That it is.
I misuse “who”.
I do all the time.
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Awesome reminder 😊 Great idea for a post too
Thanks! 🙂