Satyre  +  154822 Thu, 03 Nov 05 05:01 PM Which is the correct way to say the following sentence? ...depending on WHO do you ask.... OR ...depending on WHOM do you ask... Would you care to explain, why ? Satyre Joined on Tue, Nov 1 2005 New Member 04 Whom

	pieanne  +  154823 Thu, 03 Nov 05 05:13 PM Hello, Satyre, First, there's no "do" in a reported question, you use the normal word order. Then I'd say the grammatically correct form is " depending on whom you ask", but I think you'll hear the latter more and more. Someone may correct me, though... Sorry, I had forgotten the second part of your question. Well "who" is a subject form, and "whom" the complement form.     pieanne Joined on Thu, Jan 20 2005 South of France ...But I'm Belgian! Veteran Member 7,517 I'm glad to help, but I'm not a native! And please excuse my typos... Whom, Word Order

	Satyre  +  154830 Thu, 03 Nov 05 05:59 PM Thank you. I always hear people on TV,  including major network TV anchors, using WHO instead of WHOM..  I use "Whom", but they are confusing me. As a conjunction, "WHO" is a subjective pronoun and "WHOM" is an objective pronoun.  That is not what I asked.  In some cases identifying the subject and the object  is a problem for me hence the question. Satyre Nouns, Pronouns, Whom

	pieanne  +  154848 Thu, 03 Nov 05 07:28 PM "Who" is not a conjunction. It's a relative/interrogative pronoun (it always replaces a person) Identifying the subject answers the question "WHO does (what)?"   pieanne Nouns, Pronouns