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4. Pronoun Agreement: Who vs. Whom |
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If the pronoun is acting as a subject, use who. If it is acting as an object, use whom.
Why is "whom" correct? Because Kate is the subject of this sentence – not the person she married. To simplify who/whom questions, try rearranging the sentence into a question, and then answer it. Let's try it:
You wouldn't say "Kate married he," right? Since the pronoun used in the answer is "him," an object pronoun, the pronoun in the original sentence should also be an object pronoun: whom.
Because the sentence is already a question, you can't run the test as we did above. But not to worry: all you need to do is answer the question:
You wouldn't say "him took out the trash," so the pronoun in the original sentence must match the form of the pronoun "he," which is a subject pronoun: who is correct. |
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