Who vs Whom

Many English speakers confuse the words ‘who’ and ‘whom’. We tend to use them interchangeably which is often incorrect.

Both ‘who’ and ‘whom’ are interrogative pronouns. The key difference between ‘who’ and ‘whom’ is that ‘who’ is used in place of the subject of the sentence and ‘whom’ is used in place of the object of the sentence.

‘WHO’ REPLACES THE SUBJECT OF THE SENTENCE

• Who told you?
• Who is singing?
• Who wants to eat?
• Who hit Sanjiv?

‘WHOM’ REPLACE THE OBJECT OF THE SENTENCE

Whom are you talking about?
Whom is this food for?
With whom did you go to the market? Whom did Rajiv hit?