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Page 1: Who vs. Whompreposition. Example: Who is going to Old Main? Example: With whom are you going to Old Main? In the first sentence, who is the subject, but the second sentence has whom

Inasentence,whoisusedasasubject,asopposedtowhom,whichistheobjectofaverborpreposition.

Example:WhoisgoingtoOldMain?Example:Withwhomareyougoingto

OldMain?

Inthefirstsentence,whoisthesubject,butthesecondsentencehaswhomastheobjectoftheprepositionwith.

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Forexample,tryusingthehe/she/theytrickusingthissentence:

Example:Who/whomwantstogototheCage?

Trysubstituting“she”and“her”:

Example:ShewantstogototheCage.

Example:HerwantstogototheCage.

Becausethefirstsentenceiscorrect(“she”makesthesentencegrammaticallycorrect),itisthesubjectofthesentence.Therefore,youshouldusethewordwho.

WhowantstogototheCage?

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Toaskaquestionusingwhoorwhom,firstidentifythesubjectorobjectofasentence.Tryusingthissentencetoaskaquestion:

Example:St.OlafstudentstakeNorthfieldLinesfromtheairportbacktocampus.

If“St.Olafstudents”arethesubjectofyourquestion,usewho,butiftheyaretheobjectofapreposition,usewhom.

WhotakesNorthfieldLines?

BywhomareNorthfieldLinestaken?

Forsomepractice,trypickingthecorrectversionofwho/whomforthesesentences:

Religion121wascanceledtomorrowbywho/whom?Who/whomisgoingforawalkintheNaturalLands?Withwho/whomareyoustudyingabroadforinterim?

Nowtrymakingyourownsentencesusing

theserules!

Justremember:whoisthesubject,whomistheobject

Basicstrategy

Sohowcanyoutellwhenyourpronounistheobjectofaverborpreposition?Here’satrick:

Trysubstitutinghe/she/theyandhim/her/them.Ifhe/she/theyfits,usewho.Ifhim/her/themfits,usewhom.


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