A method to decide whether to use who or whom in a sentence by substituting in the pronouns he and him into the sentence.
If the subject can be replaced with he or she, use who; If the question can be answered with him or her, use whom.
If the subject can be replaced with he or she, use who; If the question can be answered with him or her, use whom.
The Nolan Substitution method examples
It was for him/her (right)
It was for he/she (wrong)
Whom was it for? (Correct question)
He/she opened the box (correct)
Him/her opened the box (wrong)
Who opened the box (correct question)
It was for him/her (right)
It was for he/she (wrong)
Whom was it for? (Correct question)
He/she opened the box (correct)
Him/her opened the box (wrong)
Who opened the box (correct question)
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Substitute teachers are people with high level education that can teach over 100 different subjects that i will not care about. They can also manage to say my name wrong every time they do attendance even tho i have been at the same school for 8 years. I have officially given up hope that the sub will ever pronouce my name right but screw them im graduating.
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random sub: NOOOOO
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jenny: you are the only one left. you will be the substitute for 5b
random sub: NOOOOO
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