Whomever or Whoever - usage

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#7296 Sun, 07 Sep 03 11:23 AM

i have written the following, which, if either, is correct: we wash ourselves in the blood of the lamb whomever(whoever)they may be.

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david lyon

#7388 Mon, 08 Sep 03 04:53 PM

The principle difference between the two pronouns is, very simply, 'whomever' is more formal than 'whoever'. But it needs to be used as the object of a verb, as follows;

Give it to whomever you choose.

In your example i'm not sure of your intended meaning!

Maybe you mean, 'they wash themselves in the blood of the lamb, whomever they are'

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Pemmican

#7412 Mon, 08 Sep 03 11:16 PM

In this case it would refer back to "they" which is subject of the sentence!
In this case, only "whoever" is correct!

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