Is the "whom" correct here?

Question

I visited the Faculty of Education office and spoke to Professor X whom advised me to send this email to receive the course approval.

Answer 1

Nope, that's not right. You would say who advised me.

Answer 2

Definitely should be 'who'. Ok...

Answer 3

No, say "who."

Answer 4

No it should be who.

Answer 5

Who would be correct.

Here's an easy way to know when to use who and when to use whom.

Replace the word with "he" or with "him"

If you use "he" when you replace the word, that means you should use "who."

If you use the word "him" when you replace the word, that means you should use "whom."

Using your example you would use the word he:

"I visited the Faculty of Education and spoke to Professor X HE advised me..."

Since you would use he, that means you would need to use who.

Hope this makes sense.

Answer 6

No. Who.

Answer 7

No, "who" would be the correct pronoun to use in this sentence.  In the particular context of this sentence, "who", which is a subjective case pronoun, acts as one of the subjective pronouns used in this sentence and it performs the action of the verb - which is "advised" - you use "who" as the pronoun because it performs the action of advising.

Whom, an ojective pronoun, acts as the object of the sentence - it receives the action of the verb.

Who and whom are the most troublesome pronouns in English.  But, there are only 3 itty-bitty rules you need to know for who/whom.

1.  Use who or whoever when the pronoun is the subject of a verb.  Examples:

-  Who said, “I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants?”

-  Who won the prize for employee of the month—the guy from accounting who was just fired?

-  I wonder who thought up that bright idea.

2.  Use who or whoever when the pronoun is the predicate nominative. Examples:

-  The winner was who?

-  No one knew who the loser was.

3.  Use whom or whomever when the pronoun is the direct object of a verb or the object of a preposition. Examples:

-  Whom did he marry this time?

-  Of course, he can marry whomever he wants (as long as it's not me).

-  With whom were you dancing at his wedding?

Also, there is a certain rule you can follow that may help - RULE: Keep in mind that who/whom is a pair of pronouns just like he/him (they/them). If you would use he (they), use who; if you would use him (them), use whom.

Answer 8

No - it should be "...Professor X, who advised me..."

Answer 9

Whom is the objective case and should be used only when it's the object of a preposition or in the objective predicate.  An example:

I visited the Faculty of Education office and spoke to Professor X by whom I was advised to send this email to receive the course approval.

That's clumsy, isn't it?

In your example, the pronoun "who" refers the the closest antecedent, Professor X, and is in the nominative case.  You could state it as:

I visited the Faculty of Education office and spoke to Professor X and Professor X advised me to send this email to receive the course approval.

I hope that's clear and helpful.

Answer 10

no ...must be "who" i guess