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by mundasingh123 » Thu Aug 25, 2011 1:55 am
aplavakarthik wrote:Hi,

Can anyone explain me when to use the subject 'Who' and object 'Whom' when I am checking for Pronoun Case.

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Karthik
who refers to a noun when the noun is the subject
whom refers to a noun when the noun is an object
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by aplavakarthik » Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:02 am
Hi,

For example in the below sentence

Who are you going to take to the movie?

subject is you. so who refers to you.?
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by mundasingh123 » Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:40 am
aplavakarthik wrote:Hi,

For example in the below sentence

Who are you going to take to the movie?

subject is you. so who refers to you.?
whom are you going to take to the movie ?
You :subject
verb are going
object :whom
whom refers to the person on whom the action is being performed
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