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Who vs Whom

Who
Who is an interrogative pronoun and is used in place of the subject of a question.
e.g. Who is going?
Who are you?
Is this who told you?
Who can also be used in statements, in place of the subject of a clause.
e.g. This is who warned me.
Jack is the one who wants to go.
Anyone who knows the truth should tell us.

Whom
Whom is also an interrogative pronoun, but it is used in place of the object of a question.
e.g. Whom is this story about?
With whom are you going?
Whom did they tell?
And whom can be used in statements, in place of the object of a clause.
e.g. This is the man whom I told you about.
John is the man whom you met at dinner last week.
Whom is the correct choice after a preposition.
e.g. The students, one of whom is graduating this year, failed the test.
Lisa is the girl with whom I’m driving to Maine.

The difference between who and whom is exactly the same as the difference between I and me, he and
him, she and her, etc. Who, like I, he, and she, is a subject – it is the person performing the action of the
verb. Whom, like me, him, and her, is an object – it is the person to/about/for whom the action is being
done. Whom is also the correct choice after a preposition: with whom, one of whom, not "with who, one of
who."
Sometimes it helps to rewrite the sentence and/or replace who/whom with another pronoun so that you
can see the relationships more clearly.
e.g. This is who warned me. > He warned me. (Not "him" warned me)
Jack is the one who wants to go. > He wants to go. (Not "him" wants to go)
This is the man whom I told you about. > I told you about him. (Not about "he")
Lisa is the girl with whom I’m driving to Maine. > I’m driving to Maine with her. (Not with "she")

Something, anything, nothing, everything


Something means a thing that is unknown. It is often used in positive sentences.
Anything means a thing of any kind. Use it in questions and negative sentences. It can also be used to to
mean I don't mind.
Nothing means no single thing. Used as subjects of a sentence or question.
Everything means all the things. Use in affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences when we want to
be inclusive.

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