What is the difference between who and whom?

Question

i don't understand the difference

please answer honestly

thank you

Answer 1

"Who" is the subject; whom is the object.  

When you are not certain which to use, use "he" and "him" to help you.  ("He" is the subject, "him" is the object.)  

Steve gave Tom a basketball.

He gave him a basketball.

Who gave whom a basketball?

Take this sentence:  Sarah gave the kitten to who?

Change it to each of the following:  

"Sarah gave the kitten to he?" or "Sarah gave the kitten to him?"  By doing this, you can see that the second sentence is the accurate one.  Since "him" is the object, you should use the object "whom."  So the question should read, "Sarah gave the kitten to whom?"  

Another example:

Who gave you that candy bar?

1.  He gave you that candy bar?

2.  Him gave you that candy bar?

In this case, #1 is correct and "He" is the subject, so "Who," not "Whom," is correct.

Answer 2

you learn this in like, 3rd grade.

Answer 3

Who is a subject pronoun and whom is an object pronoun.  Other subject pronouns:  I, he, she, we, they.  Other object pronouns:  Me, him, her, us, them.  

Who and whom are generally used most in questions and adjective clauses.

It is true that in everyday conversations, comprehension does not often depend on proper who/whom use.  It sometimes does, however, and it doesn't hurt to know the difference.

Answer 4

http://web.ku.edu/~edit/whom.html

I know they are confusing take a look at the web site.

Answer 5

I am not rlly sure but I think who is when you like aska question and whom is when you just state something and you don't ask for a reply.

Not forsure oh!

Answer 6

you're going to use WHOM about 2 times in your entire life. If you accidentally say WHO,

do you think anyone will notice??