Whom should we trust when it comes to a confusing question of English usage? Why, our Contributor Faith Salie, that's who! "Whom" is an endangered species. Just ask Katy Perry and John Mayer ("Who You ...

Who here knows when to use “who” and when to use “whom”? For whom am I writing this post? For those of us who like a good whom now and then and know it isn’t just a fancier version of who, that’s whom ...

“Who” and “whom” are relative pronouns, and the trick for choosing the right one is to switch the clause around so that you can substitute a personal pronoun. any worse than it already is. Who and ...

“Who” gets to have all the fun. “Who” gets to be on first. “Who” is responsible for letting the dogs out. Meanwhile, “whom” is sitting in the corner, being perceived as pretentious by plenty of ...

The relationship between who and whom is a bit tricky. It can be so slippery that some just wrongly use one for the other. I thus feel that we should dedicate today’s lesson to establishing the ...

I fielded a question recently about one of my favorite subjects: “whomever.” Here’s the email: “Normally I have no difficulty with who/whom. I do when it comes to a sentence like ‘Give it to ...

1. "Whether report": If you write, "I am deciding whether to go to the concert," don't write "whether or not." The word "whether" embodies "or not." 2. Who/whom: It's correct to say, "Whom are you ...

I was pleased to see a colleague remark in a recent online discussion that when she edits, she asks the client whether to maintain the who/whom distinction. That is sensible, satisfying the client’s ...

To whom or not to whom, that is the question. The word’s going the way of the northern white rhino, but is it ever wrong to use “who” in its place? Will your fancy dinner party guests think you’re a ...

Today, some pungent responses from readers ready to accept ungrammatical usages. “I tend to follow the rules of grammar,” said Maren Swanson, a retired lawyer in Burnsville, “but one I hate and tend ...