Who and whom - when and how to use them
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- Опубліковано 24 січ 2019
- Learn the difference between who and whom in this English grammar lesson.
Who is a subject pronoun and whom is an object pronoun and we'll show you:
- how who and whom work
- a test to see if who or whom is correct
- when it's appropriate to use whom in formal writing
- when it's not appropriate to use whom (Whom can sound pompous)
- how we use whom in constructions with prepositions
We'll also show you lots of examples of who and whom in action.
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I didn't know even "Whom" existed!! I am pretty young and my mother language is Estonian so it's hard to me to understand and you two are so cute together!!💕
Hello Ella. Great to meet you.
I'm actually quite pleased to hear that you hadn't heard of 'whom' before because it means you've been focused on modern spoken English. We had a lot of requests for this video on whom but I think it's either old fashioned or very very formal.
I am British and 50, I have never once said WHOM in my life, nobody under the age of 80 does, if students want to use English naturally then they should forget saying WHOM, it makes them sound like they are reading from some Shakespearian era text. After prepositions, YES, we still use WHOM. about whom, to whom, from whom, etc
The chased scene 😂 please don’t stop making scenes like this one it’s more fun, interactive and easy to learned
OoZyRis YTB, don't worry. We'll be making more videos that include funny scenes. We're so glad you enjoyed it, and that it helps you learn English. Thanks for watching.
Simple English Videos Could you do a compilation where you explain how to use words which apparently have the same meaning like rather/prefer etc..
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So glad you like getting the notifications and enjoy the videos. Thanks Roberson. :-)
As a native English speaker, I never really understood how to use who and whom until I learnt German (surprisingly!) They have the words "wer" (who) "wen" and "wem" (whom) and unlike in English, all of these words are in common use. That meant I really had to learn all of the rules! However, in casual English (especially spoken, occasionally written when texting) I usually just use who all the time. As you mentioned, whom sounds a little outdated and to me doesn't seem right in informal contexts
Thanks so much for chipping in with this perspective, Dan. And yes, I can see how learning German must help.
I agree. I teach English and I tell students to forget using WHOM other than after prepositions. I am also an examiner in a popular global English exam and we simply do NOT penalise students who use WHO when WHOM is technically correct.
Jay and Vicky you are hilarious. What a wonderful way to learn grammar. Thanks for this lesson.
So glad you liked it Elizabeth. Thank you. :-)
That intro was pretty funny
Sometimes the old jokes are the best. :-) Glad you liked it Joel.
Thanks for your lovely videos!! It's easier to remember when it's funny and so well explained! I've been recommending your videos to my friends! You are very cute!
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I'm a native English speaker from Australia and I learnt a surprising amount from this video. Thanks guys.
G'day Ayrton! So glad you liked it. :-)
Native English speaker watching but you two are so entertaining and wholesome! Love your channel!
It's great to have you with us. Thanks Nate. :-)
1) Who did you talk to?
2) To whom did you talk?
3) Who/Whom did you meet?
Great job Mollie. :-)
And what about who's and whose?
It's so easy to understand when someone like you explains it. Thanks
Happy to help, Nikolai!
I've been learning english and putting it into practice for about 17 years. Although your videos are aimed to beginners, they help me to polish those tiny imperfections we tend to leave behind in order to reach fluency. Thank you very much!
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There no words can describe how you have helped me by this vedio, I was so confused about using" whom", now it is perfectly clear. Many thanks.
Hi Rasha. Even native speakers get this wrong, so we are very glad we've been able to clear things up for you. Thanks for watching.
This is a great explanation for native speakers too. Your explanation for when to use who and whom in a question is the best I've seen -- I learned in school to treat who and whom like he and him or they and them: you use who, he, and they as subject pronouns, and whom, him, and them as object pronouns. If it would fit to substitute he or they, then you use "who/" If it would fit to say him or them, then you use "whom." But I think your example is clearer. -- I worked as a proofreader and copy editor for years. I can tell you that most native speakers drop "whom" or don't know when and how to use it. In recent years, post-2000, more and more, I see people dropping "whom" altogether in speech and writing, and using only the "who" form. We are witnessing, gradually but certainly, our language changing. I expect we'll eventually have a re-merger of British and American spelling and dialects, if we stay a globally communicating and traveling civilization long enough. -- But I wonder which plural form of "you" will win out, you guys or y'all or some other. (I'm Texan, from a big city, so I use both y'all and you guys, and in casual speech, I have been known to say y'all's as the possessive form. I am supposed to know better in formal writing and speech. But "y'all" is very embedded in Southern and Southwestern dialects, so much so that even educated people use "y'all" in most speech. "You guys" seems to be winning, though.
Hi Ben. With your experience as an editor and proof reader, your opinion of this video is really important to us. Thanks so much. Yes, the language is indeed changing. This is Jay writing back to you. I prefer 'whom' where it is appropriate, but Vicki thinks that, from a communications point of view, it is becoming irrelevant. I am still one of those people who has a hard time ending a sentence with a preposition, but Vicki feels it is very natural and normal today. As for the plural of 'you', I'd like to add one. Here in Philadelphia, 'yous' as in 'yous guys' is common. :-) Thanks as always for your sharp observations and thanks for watching our video.
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Ah yes, we still need to do look at the second and third conditionals, Lucas. I haven't forgotten - but i'm still collecting ideas.
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This video was really helpful for me because I've never heard about whom. I just listen speakers that talk informally (is informally a right word or even a word) and our english teacher hasn't told about it yet. And that would be a good idea pointless grammar rules. Nice video as always!
So glad you liked it lines and it's probably a very good thing your English teacher hasn't looked at whom because unless you're writing formal documents, it's much better to use who. :-)
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Thank you so much for this useful video you are amazing could you make another video about English grammar rules thank you again and have a nice day .I'm Hadi from Iraq .
Hello Hadi, and thank you for letting us know the video is useful for you. I'm sure we'll be doing more grammar videos :-)
You guys did a good job! now I understand how to use of them. Thanks.
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Thanks for the video. I'm leaving this message before watching it haha. The company I work for here in Mexico is from Scotland, and they sent me an invitation letter because I travelled to Glasgow last September and I remember that at the begining of it, it had the sentence "To whom it may concern" and for me as a native spanish speaker made a lot of sense becase it's the literal translation of how we use the same sentence in spanish, just wanted to share this experience hahaha.
Thanks again, great video as always!!
Oh what a great real life example! Thanks so much for sharing this Fernando. :-)
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ua-cam.com/video/3SuQkcw-Wdg/v-deo.html : this is who/whose/whom grammar quiz. try more^^ thank you
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Hi Vicki and Jay! I’m from Spain and I studied English at high school and other courses and I’ve been taught about who/whom but I didn’t know it was useless! I’m quite surprised 😱
Thank you so much for your videos! I have so much fun watching them and I learn a lot with you 😊
Hi Juditt. Well it is useless in everyday conversation. But if you are writing an academic journal article for example or a legal document, you would absolutely use it there. Thanks for watching our video.
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Hi Lucas. You're not alone. There are quite a few native English speakers enjoying our videos. Thank you so much for watching and welcome to our community.
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Thanks so much Leon. :-)
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Thanks so much Andrea. :-)
To whom it may concern: Wonderful videos; lovely duo, and great teachers.
Hi Sandi, Vicki here. Thanks so much for these kind words. Much appreciated. :-)
It's an excellent lesson, as usual.
Thanks for letting us know :-)
Thanks a lot SimpelEnglishVideos. I had never thought you would take my doubt seriously and make a video over that. Thanks again for remembering my question and help me and many others to get their doubts cleared over this topic...
Hi ma ju. It took us a while to make this video, but we got there. :-) So glad you liked it.
This was really helpful. I am currently living in Canada and have read whom in several English essays in my English class but was never sure how to use them. Thank you for the clarification!
So glad it was useful gesine. Wishing you lots of success with your studies.
Very good ways of explanations !!! Thank You very much ! Greetings from Poland 👋
Hi Ren Okta. Thank you much for letting us know you found it useful, and thanks for watching. Greetings from Philadelphia. :-)
I'm just 9 and I'm learning this to! This is a very useful! Thank you for posting this! We can learn more!
Ps: I like both of ya'll accent!
Hi Alvin. We think it's wonderful that you are only nine yet you could understand us. Well done and please keep up the great work. :-) Thanks for writing.
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Thanks Sena. See you next week. :-)
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I love your videos are so funny and I'm learning a lot, thanks and god bless you beatiful people.😊 I learned the difference between who and whom. Thanks again.
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Thanks a lot ! I was so confused since now but you helped me and now I can find the difference between ,,who" and ,,whom". And yes please make a video with silly grammar rules in English. I think it would be funny and useful. Have a nice day/night 🤗
Hi Mladen. So glad you liked it. I think the idea of a silly English grammar rules is very inspiring so I'm so glad you like the idea too.
Very helpful. Thanks.
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Hi! I'm spanish speaker and your video was very usefull for me, I used to get confused with these both words and you helped me a lot, thank you and here you have a new subscriber 🙌 I translated "whom" like "a quien" in spanish and it got easier for me 😁
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Thank for this video I requested, this is the best explanation of this topic.
So glad you liked it winghimjns. :-)
I love your videos and the way you explain. Greetings from Mexico ☺️
Greetings to Mexico right back at you Norma. :-)
Very useful video!
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I loved this video, you are great teachers!! I’d like to watch a video about those silly grammar rules that you mentioned!! Have a great weekend!!!❤️
Andrea, you are not alone in asking for silly English Grammar Rules videos. I'm sure we'll be making them soon. Thanks for the kind words and thank you as always for watching.
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Thanks so much Allysson. :-)
I was waiting for this video as I told you :D I'm pretty sure it's gonna be very informative. Greetings!
Hi Daniel64. We're glad we could get it ready for you. Take care.
Thank you very much. You are the best as always :)
You're very welcome E. Thanks for writing. :-)
Thank you for this video. I didn't know where I can use who and whom. Now I understand and I am really thankful. Please more these videos. 🙏🏻 I wish I could be better in English. And with you I have a chance. 🙏🏻😂Sorry for my English, it isn't good, bcs I am from Czech. And I still learn English language. I like it. 👍🏻😁
That's terrific uzivatel. So glad it was useful. Thanks so much for writing and we hope you'll have fun exploring our channel.
This is actually better than my ESL classes.
So glad it was useful Javier. :-)
Thank you! I understand now!
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Very clear explanation. Thanks Vicky and Jay
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Thank you! And great job! :)
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This is really good and up to date. Thank you soo much
Hi Mohamad. We're very glad you found this video useful. Thank you for watching.
Great explanation! Who clicked the unlike button on this fantastic video.
AUD, we're glad you like the video. And we hope you clicked the "LIKE" button. :-)
Oooh thank you so much for this great hint with the "subject or object pronoun test" ♥
The "m" in "whom" and "him" was always my mnemonic to remember.
It's not that hard for German speakers, since German Grammar also makes similar distinctions.
You know? You both really are amazing ♥ Every week you DO impress me with so much more additional information concerning grammar, pronunciation, language development, creative sketches, cultural singularities....
That's such a tough job to be that creative every single week! ♥
And I would looooove to hear more about silly English grammar rules from you!!! 😯 That sounds more than just interesting! 😯
Thank you incredibly much! 😍
Hi Steffi. Thanks for the kind words. It seems more than few of our viewers would like more silly English Language Rules videos. This is Jay writing back to you. I'll take it up with Vicki and my guess is we'll get them done. :-)
Thanks for your kind reply Jay ♥ I'm looking forward to some of these videos from you! And especially from YOU BOTH! There are uncountable English language channels on UA-cam, but - and I don't intend to butter you up ^_^ - Simple English Videos is exeedingly awesome due to your unique way of teaching, your creativity and humor ♥
Sending you lots of "warming" thoughts from Germany ♥
Omg, your videos are always helpful
Thank you so much and hope you have a great day
So glad to hear it was useful Catreet. Thanks for writing. :-)
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Andre, thanks for the kind words and thank you for watching our videos.
Hi, I'm 16 years old and have been learning English for 9 month, snd judging by the statistics I know more than 15.000 words. I cannot deny it because I understand English books I read every day and understandting its scenario and I'm excited. Is it good result? P.S Don't diss me, i cant stand people who think I'm looking down at them, I perfectly know you are all hard working people. Best wishes. :)
Hello Someone from depth of the hell. 15,000 words is terrific and you should feel very proud. Yes, it's a very good result and also, we hope, inspiring for other viewers reading this. There's a lot of research that shows reading regularly has beneficial effects and you are living proof. Keep up the good work. :--)
Yes! Please make more videos explaining old-fashion rules that we should not use in informal speaking
We will Mazimiliano. :-)
You're great!
Thanks Elena. :-)
Hello Vicki and Jay!😁 Thank you for making amazing videos! Could you please make a video for relative clauses and give a place these : of which/in which/on which etc. Others are clear for me but these are really confusing. Thanks in advance!❤❤
Hi Selin. As we were making this video we realised there was lots more we could say about relative clauses. Thanks for this suggestion. :-)
I owe you 1000 👍 your lesson
So glad it was useful Habin. :-)
I enjoyed learning and I hope it will continue
Hell Layla. We have lots more videos coming. Thanks for writing to us and thanks for watching our videos.
OMG Jay you are so so adorable...looking forward to more interesting videos like this...thank you for enlightening us... Lotsa love...
Thanks for the lovely compliment Barsha. This is Jay writing back to you. New videos are available now every 2 weeks until Vicki finishes the book she's working on. Thanks for watching and we're very glad you found us :-)
Great tip thanks
Thanks Luc. :-)
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Hello Sarah and we're so glad you liked the video. Greetings to you in Iraq and welcome to our channel. :-)
Knock knock ...who is there ?? ..it's Vicky and jay .. they're back 😅😍
Yup, and we'll be back again next Friday too :-) Thanks for watching ydz way.
Your amazing and I love your channel and love your content
Adriana, thanks so much for letting us know. We really appreciate it and thank you for watching our videos.
Thank you!
You're welcome, Nikolai!
Yes, I am a Bengali of India. I use old formal English. Sometimes I confuse with American English mainly when I write on the computer. The computer changes whom to who which is grammatically incorrect. Thanks for your lesson. It reminds me of my school days when my English teacher rigorously taught grammar.
Hi Visual Arts. Vicki here. Nice to meet you. I have my spellchecker set to American spellings and it often tries to correct my British English. :-)
@@SimpleEnglishVideos yes, like colour becomes colour, organisation becomes organization and so one. Thanks for your reply.
Excellent, continue with that. ☺
So glad you liked it Guillermo. :-)
thank you so much. keep doing it!
Thanks for the encouragement Gustavo. :-)
Best teaching for beginer like me!
Hi Ian. Thank you so much for the kind words and thank you for watching.
Thank you very much for explaining this, I was pretty confused why no one uses "whom" in internet chat rooms or on youtube, but now I get it. Also, I'd love to learn more about silly english grammar rules :)
Wolfram, we're very pleased you found this video useful. I'm sure we'll be making more silly English Grammar Rules videos since many of our viewers are asking for it. :-) Thanks for watching.
Pompous, new vocabulary word, thanks!!!
So glad it's useful Drone Captions. :-)
I learnt very enjoyable.
That's great to hear. Thanks Aruna. :-)
Hi dear vicki , Hi dear jay! thank you I am really appreciate your great video, IT IS SO HELP FULL.
So glad it was useful Fatemeh. :-)
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Thank you
I finally get it! Regards from Italy
Leya, we're very pleased we could help. Thank you so much for watching. Regards from Philadelphia.
Thank you so much for your sharing, they are very useful.
I was confused when we use one of whom or one of them.
So glad it was helpful Kim! Thanks for writing. :-)
Thank you this is really help full to me and might actually help me with my grades in school.
That's great to hear. So glad it was useful Gab Kho and good luck with your school exams.
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Merci شكرا Thanks
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Now I know! Thank you so much.
That's great to hear. Thanks for writing AC Shepard. :-)