Whom

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Originally Posted by Omania

" This is the girl whom i met last night"

is the usage of ( whom ) in the above sentence is correct..?

thanks :)

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Yes, It's correct!
Now try to distinguish between subject and object of a sentence. If you (yourself or someone is an object) you can use 'whom' after it...

Let's say.
To whom do you (subject) wish to speak?
I (subject) want to speak with a man (object) whom I met yesterday.

Neverrrrr. That word makes me sound so uptight and formal.

i use it just for writing scientific papers and my thesis .. :-D

after a preposition

If the defined noun is in the object position of relative clause, I always use "whom" instead of "who". However, if the is another "whom", I don't know where we use it.

hi

plz i want to the when it used ( whom )
somone give me exemple

thank you
i look forward
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I use it in (formal writing and speech).;-)

Hi, it's my first time here

actually I didn't get the point .. could you give more illustration ? examples?

I need some examples too!

I (subject) want to speak with a man (object) whom I met yesterday.

I would probably use "who" istead of "whom" at above sentence!

So is this wrong? --> "I want to speak with a man who I met yesterday!"

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Originally Posted by wq.denis

I need some examples too!

I (subject) want to speak with a man (object) whom I met yesterday.

I would probably use "who" istead of "whom" at above sentence!

So is this wrong? --> "I want to speak with a man who I met yesterday!"

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It's fine and what many native speakers would say, though man I met and man that I met are also used. The traditional subject/object rule for who/whom is fine if you want to use it, but most native speakers do not. In very formal language, you might want to use whom. About the only time I would say you have to use whom is directly after a preposition- To whom it may concern, etc.