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whom
/ huːm /
pronoun
- the objective form of who , used when who is not the subject of its own clause
whom did you say you had seen?
he can't remember whom he saw
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Usage
It was formerly considered correct to use whom whenever the objective form of who was required. This is no longer thought to be necessary and the objective form who is now commonly used, even in formal writing: there were several people there who he had met before . Who cannot be used directly after a preposition – the preposition is usually displaced, as in the man ( who ) he sold his car to . In formal writing whom is preferred in sentences like these: the man to whom he sold his car . There are some types of sentence in which who cannot be used: the refugees, many of whom were old and ill, were allowed across the border
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Confusables Note
See who none.
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of whom1
Old English hwām, dative of hwā who
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Example Sentences
By whom?By such as pretend to love her; but come To feed upon her.
From Project Gutenberg
They were among the whom-not-to-know-argues-one-self-unknowns.
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D-did-did you o-over-overhear huh-huh-whom he was going to kuk-kill?
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And so do his sisters, and his cousins, and his auntsHis sisters and his cousins!Whom he reckons by the dozens,And his aunts!
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A woman can't be too careful not to be seen alone with I-don't-know-whom.'
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