Who and Whom

[Gagsan]

When is it right to use whom, and when is it right to use who.
Type a sentance that you don't know if it is who ,or whom and see if other guild members can help. domokun  

[The Man who was Thursday]

Who = Nominative (Subjects)
Whom = Accusative (Objects)  

[Dragn Breth]

"To whom does this belong?"

"Who are you?"

It confuses me too, I just know that when you say "whom", you sound like an a** 3nodding  

[limp dick]

Usually, whom is before a noun.

"I talk to whom I know."

And who, as above has posted, is used before a verb (and any possible adverbs in-between).

"Who are you?"  

[The Man who was Thursday]

limp d**k

Usually, whom is before a noun.

"I talk to whom I know."

And who, as above has posted, is used before a verb (and any possible adverbs in-between).

"Who are you?"

Terrible idea. I can't think of an example where who is before a noun, but that is just the wrong logic entirely.


Okay, here we go. For everyone in this thread

GRAMMAR LESSON!

"Who" is in the nominative case. That means this is for the "subject" of a clause.
"Whom" is in the accusative case. That means this is for the "object" of verbs and prepositions.

WARNING: THE COPULA IS NOT EXACTLY A VERB. The copula (aka the linking verb, the being verb, "to be" and all its crazy conjugated forms) DOES NOT TAKE AN ACCUSATIVE. Ever.

"You are who?"
NOT "You are whom?"  

[limp dick]

Ahaha.
I suck at grammar.
Tch.
Atleast I'm learning something.  

[chrystalclear]

Today, in Language Arts class, my teacher put "To who was this book dedicated?" as part of our book scavenger hunt. That can't be right, right? Isn't it actually supposed to be "To whom was this book dedicated?"  

[The Man who was Thursday]

chrystalclear

Today, in Language Arts class, my teacher put "To who was this book dedicated?" as part of our book scavenger hunt. That can't be right, right? Isn't it actually supposed to be "To whom was this book dedicated?"

To is a preposition there, thus it should indeed be whom.  

[applecyder]

'To whom it may concern:' That's about the only time I use 'whom.'  

[x-Sadistic_Angel-x]

'Whoever' and 'Whomever' are also debatable.