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?