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Subject:Re: Who or Whom? From:"Parks, Beverly" <ParksB -at- EMH1 -dot- HQISEC -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL> Date:Wed, 11 Feb 1998 14:32:54 -0700
> From: Richard Frederick [SMTP:fred_ri -at- ENG -dot- PRINTRONIX -dot- COM]
> Someone once gave me an easy way to remember. If you can replace the
> word in question with "he," use who. If you can replace the word in
> question with "him," use whom.
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Right rule, just bad examples. The way I learned it, you can't
do a direct replacement. You usually have to recast the sentence.
However, the rule still applies.
Dilemma:
It all depends on who/whom will be there.
Solution:
He will be there; NOT him will be there.
He=Who; therefore, the answer to your dilemma is who.
Dilemma:
Who/whom are you going to ask to the dance?
Solution:
I will ask her(him) to the dance; NOT I will ask she(he) to the
dance.
Him=Whom; therefore, the answer is whom.
