Rules to RememberRULE: Use
who as the subject of a sentence.
Who are you? Who sent you?
RULE: Use
whom as the object of a sentence or the object of a preposition.
That is whom I saw.
Whom are you referring to?
Whom did you say the book was about?
Whom as the object of a preposition:
in whom
to whom
for whom
about whom
over whom
from whom
WARNING: Using
whom instead of
whom is sometimes considered as hyper-correct. For example, many native speakers refer to use
who even when it is the object of a preposition. They will say, "It a all depends on who (
whom ) you ask " and "
Who (
whom) did you vote for?