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Old 31-Jan-2006, 04:31
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Default Re: whom or who

Replace "who(m)" with a pronoun. Which one sounds better?

. . .who/they attack everything around them.
. . .whom/them attack everything around them.

Note, the verb is "attack", its object is "everything" and its subject is "who". Use "whom" or "what" for the verb's object:

Object: non-person
They attack everything. => What do they attack?

Object: person
They attack us. => Whom do they attack?


Grammar Help: I think that whom should be changed to who.
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