Thanks!
"It was a great day in which we learned a lot about various enterprises created by new business people, many of WHO will certainly go on to become tomorrow’s big hitters."
in this sentence, WHO or WHOM?
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Re: in this sentence, WHO or WHOM?
"Whom". As it refers to the object of what "we learned".grammarman wrote:Thanks!
"It was a great day in which we learned a lot about various enterprises created by new business people, many of WHO will certainly go on to become tomorrow’s big hitters."
In English grammar, "who" refers to the subject. Where you are looking for / referring to a noun/pronoun form. "Whom" refers to an object, an object of a verb or a preposition.
So "who" is a nominative pronoun that acts like a subject of a verb (Who are you?) and a direct object, is the object of the verb (Whom did you callyesterday?), or a preposition (He is the person to whom I gave the money).
In your mind, just think of subject/object. I hope it helps.
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'Whom' is correct but actually in this context the use of 'whom' has nothing to do with object pronouns. It's just the fact that it's preceded by a preposition.
For example:
I would usually put the preposition at the end of the sentence and say '...who will certainly go on to become the big hitters of tomorrow.'
It's just more modern and direct English. Nobody uses 'whom' anymore except in the above case. You really need never use it unless it's used when a preposition precedes a pronoun.
For example:
'Of' being the preposition and 'whom' being the pronoun.'... many of WHOM will certainly go on to become tomorrow’s big hitters.'
I would usually put the preposition at the end of the sentence and say '...who will certainly go on to become the big hitters of tomorrow.'
It's just more modern and direct English. Nobody uses 'whom' anymore except in the above case. You really need never use it unless it's used when a preposition precedes a pronoun.