Question #70d43
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Nov 20, 2016
Who is used to ask a question about subject while whom is used to form a question about an object. See explanation.
Explanation:
Let's look at a sentence: John gave his composition to the teacher.
In this sentence John is a subject, while the teacher is a (direct) object.
If we wanted to ask a question about John (the subject) we would use the word who:
Who gave his composition to the teacher?
If we wanted to ask a question about the teacher (object) we would use the word whom:
Whom did John give his composition?
