I tried this test too. I completely tanked! The appropriate usage of who/whom is one of my biggest failings. (hangng head and sighing deeply with shame).
Who/whom can be really tricky, and I'll admit that I didn't fully understand it until I became an editor.
Basically, all you need to remember is that "who" is always used as the subject of a sentence (someone who does something), and "whom" is the object (the person things are done to).
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Hey Angela,
I tried this test too. I completely tanked! The appropriate usage of who/whom is one of my biggest failings. (hangng head and sighing deeply with shame).
By the way, I added your blog to my blog roll.
Hi Elizabeth,
Who/whom can be really tricky, and I'll admit that I didn't fully understand it until I became an editor.
Basically, all you need to remember is that "who" is always used as the subject of a sentence (someone who does something), and "whom" is the object (the person things are done to).
For me, it helps if I recast the sentence:
"Whom do you want to see?"
"I want to see HER."
Her=objective pronoun, so "whom" is correct.
Thanks for the add; I'll do likewise. :)
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