Transcript Pronoun Case #81

Pronoun
Case: Who or
Whoever
Versus Whom
or Whomever
MINI-LESSON #81
FROM THE UWF WRITING LAB’S
101 GRAMMAR MINI-LESSONS SERIES
Who and Whoever
• Who and whoever are used when a
subject is needed.
• Substitute he (or she) for who and
whoever.
– He’s the professor who teaches Symbology.
(He teaches Symbology.)
– He who speaks must listen. (He speaks.)
– Give the job to whoever applies. (He
applies.)
Whom and Whomever
• Whom and whomever are used when an
object is needed.
• Substitute him for whom and whomever.
• Sometimes it may be necessary to rearrange
the word order in which the word who or
whom is functioning.
– Are you trying to contact the people to whom this
house belongs? (This house belongs to him.)
– Give the job to whomever we recommend. (We
recommend him.)
Let’s Practice!
• I never met a man who/whom I didn’t
like.
• I never met a man whom I didn’t like.
• Can you tell me who/whom you are?
• Can you tell me who you are?
More Practice!
• Who/whom is the artist who/whom painted this
portrait of the woman who/whom he loved?
• Who is the artist who painted this portrait of the
woman whom he loved.
• He is the one who/whom was going to leave.
• He is the one who was going to leave.