By Whom, Prepositions

Re: who or whom

Here's my take, but take it with a pinch of salt ... I'm not a native!1. Who do you think is the most important person in your life? I think the most important person in my life is her?? she??Here "who" is the subject, so you cannot use "whom". Likewise, in your reply...

Re: Who/whom - which is right here?

"Whom" is grammatical, but rarely used unless the preposition is immediately before it. You will hear the first sentence used many, many times more often than the second.

Re: Dependent record

Okay, just delete the word "with." (Some people will tell you that you should use "whom" instead of "who" but unless there's a preposition immediately before it, most people use "who.")

Re: Is it a subject relative?

Hello.Relative clauses can only be (from a syntactic point of view) either post-modifiers of nouns/pronouns, or sentence modifiers. They are never objects; they don't modify verbs.What can be subjects or objects, WITHIN the relative clauses themselves, are the relative pronouns used (who,...

Re: about ' prep. + wh- + to inf ' structure (2)

It sounds like you are trying very hard to not use a preposition at the end of the sentence. Believe me, it's much more natural to do that than to create this "into which" and "on which" and "to whom" types of sentences.

Re: Who or Whom?

Anonymous wrote:Eh, this is the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put.*smiles*I've always liked the concept of two- and three-word verbal expressions. 'Put up with' (=tolerate) is one of them. I do not see either 'up' or 'with' as a preposition after the verb 'put'; I see them as part...

Re: Who or Whom?

Yankee wrote:If you want to sound natural in everyday speech and writing, you should use the the sentences with 'who' -- even though the traditional "prescriptive" grammar would require the use of 'whom'.I would add that a person who uses 'whom' and still puts the preposition at the end of the...

Re: Whomever

It's not the combination with whomever that determines the choice whoever/whomever. It's the combination whoever the next president will be that determines the choice. The linking verb be (as in will be) does not take a direct object (whom); it takes a subject complement (who). So the...

Re: The difference between 'who' and 'whom'

Asha101 wrote: Can I say if I use the preposition correctly, I can pretty much avoid "whom" in my writing? If you are sufficiently determined, you can pretty much avoid "whom". (Do you dislike it, Asha?) Best wishes, MrP

Re: 'whom' usage

"whom" basically, you use after a preposition. try to remember this tip, use with words that end in "m" (him, them, whom)see?"who" answers the subject. let's try to make this clearer...She gave the book to him. To whom did she give the book? To him.Who told my secret?! To whom did you tell my...