What's the difference between who and whom?

[VaLyA^]

Hello,

I have got the following question: What is the difference between who and whom? In what cases am I supposed to use either of them?
I'm looking forward to your answer.

Yours faithfully,
Valya Georgieva

[Harry Smith]

Originally Posted by VaLyA^

Hello,

I have got the following question: What is the difference between who and whom? In what cases am I supposed to use either of them?
I'm looking forward to your answer.

Yours faithfully,
Valya Georgieva

Hi, Valya! Valentina is my favourite name. We ask questions to the subject of the sentence with "who". Who is your favourite writer? We ask questions to the object of the sentence with "whom". Whom did you see there? The thing is that while asking questions to the object of the sentence we can use "who" too. Who did you see there? But we can't use "whom"while asking questions to the subject of the sentence.

[VaLyA^]

Originally Posted by Harry Smith

Hi, Valya! Valentina is my favourite name. We ask questions to the subject of the sentence with "who". Who is your favourite writer? We ask questions to the object of the sentence with "whom". Whom did you see there? The thing is that while asking questions to the object of the sentence we can use "who" too. Who did you see there? But we can't use "whom"while asking questions to the subject of the sentence.

Thank you very much...
By the way, my name is just Valya, not Valentina

[Tdol]

'Whom' is used after a preposition:
To whom did you give it?
This is formal, and most people put the preposition at the end:
Who did you give it to.

[Harry Smith]

Originally Posted by VaLyA^

Thank you very much...
By the way, my name is just Valya, not Valentina

You are welcome, Valya! Valya is the short form of Valentina in Russia.

[VaLyA^]

Originally Posted by Harry Smith

You are welcome, Valya! Valya is the short form of Valentina in Russia.

Yes, we have Valentina as well here, but we have and just Valya which is my name :)

[Harry Smith]

Originally Posted by VaLyA^

Yes, we have Valentina as well here, but we have and just Valya which is my name :)

O.k I'll try to keep in my mind.