Who vs.

Whom

Getting it Right!!
 The She/He-Him/Her Method
• 1. Replace the Who or Whom in a sentence
with she or her and see if it’s grammatically
correct.
• Choose Who if the personal pronoun is in the
subjective case: I, we, he, she, it, they
• Choose Whom if the personal pronoun is in
the objective case: me, us, him, her, them
• *Note: whoever and whomever follow suit
 Examples
• Who/Whom wrote the letter?
• Replace who with she:
• She wrote the letter
• Replace whom with her:
• Her wrote the letter.
• The correct pronoun is Who.
• She works in the sentence.
 More Examples of Who vs.
Whom:
• For who/whom should I vote?
• Should I vote for him/her?
• Should I vote for he/she?
So, we know that whom is correct.
• Remember: whom is replaced with him
or her.
 And….more….
• Try another:
• Who/Whom would be the best
candidate?
• She would be the best candidate.
• Her would be the best candidate.
• Therefore, Who is the answer.
 Try some more:
• We all know who/whom pulled the prank.
• Try it out:
• She pulled the prank.
• Her pulled the prank
• Therefore, who is the answer.
• I asked who/whom they plan to send to the
new island. What is the answer?
 Again, plug in she and her:
• Answer: I asked whom they plan to
send to the new island.
• Turn the sentence around: They plan to
send her to the new island. Or, they
plan to send she to the new island.
• So, her corresponds with whom.
• They are not sure who/whom will be
making the trip. What is the answer?
 Keep going!
• They are not sure who/whom will be
making the trip.
• Again, reconstruct the sentence:
Her will be making the trip.
• She will be making the trip.
• Therefore, the sentence reads:
• They are not sure who will be making
the trip.
 And, more…….
• Who/Whom do you think has the best ideas
for learning grammar?
• Turn the sentence around:
• You think…..has the best ideas for learning
grammar.
• You think he/him has the best ideas for
learning grammar.
• You think he has the best ideas….(correct)
 Fill in the blanks
with either who or
whom:
• 1.She is the girl_____was employed
here.
• 2. He is the man_____we employed
last year.
• 3. Of______were you speaking?
• 4. _______do you think will do the work
best?
 Fill in the blanks, cont.
• 5. I will vote for________you suggest.
• 6._____shall I ask about this matter?
• 7. Give the information to___requests it.
• 8. Tonight, we shall find out____won.
• 9. She was speaking to the man____I
met last week.
• 10. She is the girl_____we hired.
 Your turn!

Now write five correct sentences

using who and five correct
sentences using whom: