Using Who and Whom

Learning Objective: At the end of the session, the students are expected to be able to differentiate who and whom from one another by using them effectively in sentences.

Examples:


Question a: Who(subject) came?


Answer a: Someone(subject) came.


Question b: Whom(object) did you(subject) see?


Answer b: I (subject) saw someone(object).


In a: Who is used as the subject of a question.

In b: Whom is used as the object in a question.

Whom is used in formal English. In everyday spoken English, who is usually used instead of whom.