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| Use the "m" rule by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 10/08/2022, 6:27pm PDT | ||||
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Brody Wilder wrote: A simple way I found is the "m" rule. If you could restate the sentence to use a personal pronoun, if it works - is grammatically correct - with "he", "her", or "they", use who; if it it works with "him", "she" or "them", use whom. Let's rewrite the sentence: "appointing him as the child's guardian" "appointing her as the child's guardian" "appointing them as the child's guardian" vs. "appointing he as the child's guardian" "appointing she as the child's guardian" "appointing they as the child's guardian" Clearly, the "m" versions work here. Thus "whom" is the correct usage in the original sentence. The technical explanation is that "who" is used in the subject case, "whom" is used in the object case. I found the "m" rule is an easier way to remember which is which. Or rather, who is whom. The same rule applies for "whoever" and "whomever" too. A really great example of this is in The Mamas and the Papas song, "Go Where You Wanna Go": You better go where you wanna go Do what you wanna do With whomever you want to do it with. This usage is perfectly correct. Rewriting it using the "m" rule as "Go with he, if you want to" or "Go with him, if you want to," the latter is correct and thus "whomever" was the correct usage. |
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URGENT GRAMMAR QUESTION by 10/02/2022, 11:14am PDT  Who refers to Subject of sentence by 10/02/2022, 12:57pm PDT whom NT by 10/02/2022, 1:49pm PDT Use the "m" rule by 10/08/2022, 6:27pm PDT Timely response. NT by 10/08/2022, 7:12pm PDT |
