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Error with WHO and WHOM

Posted by prim
June 26, 2008

When in doubt about the correctness of WHO/WHOM, try substituting the subject/object of a simpler pronoun to clarify the meaning:

I don’t know who/whom Sarah meant.

Try substituting he/him; then rearrange the clause in its proper order:

he/him Sarah meant / Sarah meant him.

Now it is clear that the pronoun is the object of the verb meant, so [...]