Who did you go with or whom?

Who did you go with or whom?

The pronoun “who” serves as the object of the preposition “with”; therefore, it should be “whom.” Technically, the questions should read, “Whom did you go with to the park?” and also “With whom did you go to the park.” Yet, in your question, the first proposed wording (“who did you go with to the park” is much more …

Who to go with or whom to go with?

Whom should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition. When in doubt, try this simple trick: If you can replace the word with “he”’ or “’she,” use who. If you can replace it with “him” or “her,” use whom. Who should be used to refer to the subject of a sentence.

Who are you with or whom are you with?

The commonly repeated advice for remembering whether to use who or whom is this: If you can replace the word with he or she or another subject pronoun, use who. If you can replace it with him or her (or another object pronoun), use whom. One way to remember this trick is that both him and whom end with the letter m.

Who do you live with or whom do you live with?

“Whom do you live with” is technically correct, because when you have the preposition “with”, you would use the object form, “whom”. “Who” is for subjects. Another form of the correct sentence would be “With whom do you live?”

Who did or whom did?

You use “who” when you are talking about the subject, and you use “whom” when you are talking about the object. A good rule of thumb is if you can replace “who/whom” with “he”, then it’s the subject, and if you can replace it with “him” then it’s the object.

Is it who or whom family?

You can think of a family as an abstract idea (like the word “group”), using “which”, or as a collection of individuals (when you would probably write “with whom”).

Who or whom in passive sentences?

“whom” is always object, so it has to be followed by a word other than a verb. If what follows is a verb, use “who”: Joe, who had been invited, came to the party. Joe, whom they had invited, came to the party.

Who I admire or whom I admire?

Obviously, the proper word is who. Compare that with He is a man who I admire. Because we would say I admire him, the sentence should read He is a man whom I admire. The key to mastering whom comes down to knowing the difference between a subject and an object.

Who did you tell or whom did you tell?

“Whom did you tell” is correct. It is the object of the verb “tell,” and must be in the objective form. In informal speech, “who” is commonly used where “whom” would be correct. However, in careful writing, “whom” is still used.