\nIt was Carl, he<\/em> broke all the dishes in the house.<\/p>\n
You asked whom<\/strong> to the dance? When using \u2018who\u2019 and \u2018whom\u2019 as question words, you can use a similar trick.\u00a0 When deciding if you should ask the question with \u2018who\u2019 or \u2018whom\u2019 think about the answer to the question.\u00a0 If the answer to the questions can be stated using he\/she than use \u2018who\u2019.\u00a0 If the answer can be stated using him\/her, then use \u2018whom\u2019.\u00a0 Here are two examples to show you what I mean.<\/p>\n To whom<\/strong> did the prize go? Who<\/strong> went to the soccer game? This little trick for knowing when to use \u2018who\u2019 or \u2018whom\u2019 is sometimes called the \u201che\/him trick\u201d.\u00a0 It works every time since \u2018he\u2019 is a subject pronoun and \u2018who\u2019 refers to subjects and \u2018him\u2019 is an object pronoun and \u2018whom\u2019 refers to objects.<\/p>\n To give you a little more practice using this trick I have some sentences below in which you need to decide whether to use \u2018who\u2019 or \u2018whom\u2019 to correctly complete the sentence.\u00a0 Give this exercise a try using the \u201che\/him trick\u201d and then scroll down to see the answers below.<\/p>\n 1. Who\/Whom<\/em> wrote the book?<\/p>\n 2. We all know who\/whom<\/em> stole the money.<\/p>\n 3. Who\/Whom<\/em> went to the store?<\/p>\n 4. To whom\/who<\/em> does this pen belong to?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Scroll down for the answers….<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ….don’t look until you have given then exercise a try.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Answers: \u2018Who\u2019 and \u2018whom\u2019 are both question words that are used when asking about a person (not a place or a thing).\u00a0 These words are also both pronouns, which can refer to a person being discussed, without referring to that person by name.\u00a0 In these ways, the two words are alike and used similarly.\u00a0 However, \u2018who\u2019…<\/p>\n
\nYou asked her<\/em> to the dance?<\/p>\n
\nIt went to him.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nHe did.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n1. Who<\/strong> wrote the book?\u00a0 He<\/em> wrote the book. Therefore, who is correct.
\n2. We all know who<\/strong> stole the money. We all know he<\/em> stole the money. So, who is correct.
\n3. Who<\/strong> went to the store? He<\/em> went to the store. So, who is correct.
\n4. To whom<\/strong> does this pen belong?\u00a0 It belongs to her<\/em>. So, whom is correct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2013\/01\/who-vs-whom.jpg\")