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In a sentence, who is used as a subject, as opposed to whom, which is the object of a verb or preposition. 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 as the object of the preposition with. The answers to these practice examples are located at the Rolvaag Writing Desk! Have more questions? Still don’t understand who vs. whom? Make an appointment with a writing tutor! 1.) Visit the Writing Desk homepage, or stolaf.edu/asc/writing-help/ 2.) Click on the Appointments box 3.) Sign in with your St. Olaf email, then click an appointment that works with your schedule! Or just drop on by! Information retrieved from: Shundalyn, Allen. “Who Vs. Whom.” Grammarly Blog, 4 April 2014, https://www.grammarly.com/blog/who-vs- whom-its-not-as-complicated-as-you-might-think/ Pamphlet created by Naomi Chalk ‘18 Writing Desk Hours Monday-Thursday 12-5pm, 7-10pm Friday 12pm-5pm Sunday 1-5pm, 7-10pm Rolvaag 302 & 354 Who vs. Whom Who vs. Whom Brought to you by the Writing Desk

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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.

Theanswerstothesepracticeexamplesarelocatedatthe

RolvaagWritingDesk!

Havemorequestions?Stilldon’tunderstandwhovs.whom?Makeanappointmentwithawriting

tutor!

1.) VisittheWritingDeskhomepage,orstolaf.edu/asc/writing-help/

2.) ClickontheAppointmentsbox3.) SigninwithyourSt.Olafemail,

thenclickanappointmentthatworkswithyourschedule!

Orjustdroponby!

Informationretrievedfrom:Shundalyn,Allen.“WhoVs.Whom.”GrammarlyBlog,4April

2014,https://www.grammarly.com/blog/who-vs-whom-its-not-as-complicated-as-you-might-think/

PamphletcreatedbyNaomiChalk‘18

WritingDeskHours

Monday-Thursday12-5pm,7-10pm

Friday12pm-5pm

Sunday1-5pm,7-10pm

Rolvaag302&354

Whovs.Whom

Whovs.Whom

BroughttoyoubytheWritingDesk

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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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