who
, and when do we use whom
? In this English grammar lesson, I will explain the difference between these two relative pronouns and when you should use them. It doesn’t matter if you’re a new English learner or a native English speaker – if you’re not sure whether to use who
or whom
, I hope that this lesson will erase your doubts. It’s much easier than you think.
253 COMMENTS
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR/ALEX
You are the teacher who teach us easily
It’s a very dificult tpoic hahahaha ! but it’s good to practice whit it . thank you
study or die.
Great topic.
Awesome teacher…thank you very much !!!
Hello Alex, this was the first lesson that I take where you are the teacher, and I have to say it, you resolved one of my biggest doubt in english, thanks, I will watch more of your lessons, greetings from Venezuela
That’s awesome. Thanks for checking out the lesson, Arnaldo!
Hello dear Alex. You Know, I’ve not been here for a long time, but when I got back, I started watching engvid with your new lesson. I appreciate you for such a good lesson. Actually I never had a problem with this subject because as you said_before watching your training video_ I always tried to use WHO in my conversations and all of my conversations had been great even without using WHOM!!!
But now, after learning the rule, I’m more desirous to use it. Thank you again and nice teaching.
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Hi alex..Thank you very much for getting clarity where to use relative pronouns who and whom.Fantastic. i subscribed your channel.I want to write IELTS.i want to connect you through whats app or Twitter.Please help me.
Thank you Mr. Alex, I like your class because it is very structured and clear.
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Hi there,
Thanks for the lesson. Earlier I was very confused between who and whom but today my concept is clear.
You are an excellent teacher. It was very clear. Greeting from Yemen.
Good jog as always, Alex!
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Just an example more to illustrate the lesson:
1. Do you remember the name of the man who sold you the car???—>You are the buyer of the car.
2. Do you remember the name of the man who you sold the car to???///Do you remember the name of the man to whom you sold the car???—>You are the seller of the car.
In number 2 you can exchange who…to with whom, is that right???
Thanks a lot!!
Hi Knopfler , hi everybody .
I think you would say :
#1 do you remember the name of the man who sold the car to you .
#2 do you remember the name of the man whom you sold the car
I think you can say ” do you remember the name of man you sold the car”
“To whom with” sounds not very good English to me .
Maybe you can say : do you remember the name of the man whom you made a sale of your car with
Hope I am right . See what Alex will answer
Bye
Hi tsamp!!Thanks for the replay ;)
Maybe I don´t explain myself properly. I was asking if it´s possible to say either “who….to” OR “whom” with the same meaning, NOT “to whom with”. Just to make it easier:
1. Do you remember who sold you the car?
2. Do you remember who you sold the car to?? OR
Do you remember to whom you sold the car?
Maybe these examples are easier to understand.
ups, reply ;)
Hi knopfler86, I think grammatically correct will be: “Do you remember whom you sold your car to”. But as Alex has said the most natives might use “who”. And I quite agree with tsamp, they likely say “Do you remember the man you sold the car”.
I’m the one who eagers to Alex’s explanation as well. Thank him for useful tips.
This subject is so difficult, but you made it easier. Thanks!
Thanks,Alex.
I can understand it gramatically. However I don’t have much chance to hear the word ‘whom’ in the conversation. I just may not be able to catch the word,though. It sometimes confuses me when the word ‘whom’ and ‘who’ are omitted in the sentence.
Wohoo i got 100% ☺ .Thanks alex and by the way you are looking so decent on coat. ?
Hi my self-sacrificing teacher, your lesson is very clear to understand. But there is my 1 wrong at the quiz : ________ did you speak to? then i understand this part :( …
I liked this lesson very much. I understood all and got 100%.
Thank you, Alex, you explain very good, as usual.
No complex with Alex who has a unique way of explanation and male silvery voice that make all topics clear and enjoyable.
Teacher, what is the difference between “most of whom” and “most of them” ?
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Thanks alot, Alex. There are many Vietnamese people on the internet who adore you so much like me.
Hi Alex! Interesting lesson.Thanks! Now It’s clear for me the difference between who and whom. I did the quiz with one mistake. But it seems to me that is really difficult to decide when speaking when to use who or whom.
Thank you!!
Bravo Alex! Happy Easter:)
Great class Alex. You are the teacher who teaches English very clear.
Thank you ☺
Thanks for very useful lesson. By the way Alex, do you still remember Polish?
Thank you so much, it helped me so much :)
Hey Alex, How is it going?. All your lessons are great. You explain in an easy way so that we can got it in 100%. keep going and congratulation.
Mr Alex is a teacher who teaches us great lessons and whom the most of members engVid admir.
Hi Thx Alex for lesson 10 of 10
Great job, Alex. It was a good explanation. Thank you.
I got perfect! Thank you, Alex ;) Happy Easter!
hi, alex. thank you for the lesson.
actually i didn’t know what the difference between who and whom was until taking this lesson. but now i can say i’m sure when and which to use. as you said in the introduction, it was even easier than i thought!
i’m looking forward to your next lesson! you are the teacher WHOM all users of this site like!
I got 8/10 yikes! thanks teacher Alex.
Yes, I got 100 ! Thanks a lot Alex
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Great lesson Alex, it is really helpful.
My question is slightly off the topic I often get confused between “IS & HAS” “ARE & HAVE”
Fruits are perished & Fruits have perished
Office is closed & Office has closed
Could you please explain the difference.
Many Thanks.
Hi Teacher thanks Very much for this lesson, its is very useful for me
9 of 10, not so bad, eh?
take a look at this
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thanks, Alex. I got 90
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Thank you Alex, I’ve been waiting such a lesson for a long time.
6 out of 10. Thank you!
i will push harder learn English.
Hi Alex, very clear explanations.
Thanks a lot.
We have been learning in this lesson subject and object relative pronouns, “who” and “whom”, it hasn’t been difficult to understand teacher Alex, but it has been a little more difficult to do the questionary, especially when the object relative pronoun “whom” is mixed with the quantifier rule or form of “quantifier+of+whom”. I forgot this rule for a moment, despite it understood teacher Alex explanation, but sometimes fail the memory. We shouldn’t forget that there is one more relative pronoun like them, “whose”, which is a possessive pronoun. As always, thanks a lot, teacher Alex, it has been a very useful lesson to review grammar rules which put us sometimes in trouble.
Amazing class.. My question is: instead of “16 of whom I know”, could I say “16 of them I know”?
Thanks Alex for making me understand the difference between who & whom.you are awesome.
I am one of whom that very liked this lesson. Thanks Alex!
There’s nothing we can do …Mr Alex is the most awesome teacher ever
Sorry teacher Alex but in questions like the Number 2 “whom did She pick for the job” whom can be referred to singolar and plural subjects indifferently??
Hello, Alex. Great lesson. You know I have been always confused about this topic, but after watching your video I won’t be confused anymore. Greetins from Venezuela.Thank you
It seems clear and quite simple now but when conversation starts all these rules vanish from my mind immidiatly
I feel the same way in French! My advice on this one is to default to “who” in spoken English because very few native speakers don’t know the rule anyway.
How cool. Therefore, we know an additional thing than NATIVE SPEAKERS!!!!!! Sounds good.?
Could you please reply to my question as well.
I often get confused between “IS & HAS” “ARE & HAVE”
Fruits are perished & Fruits have perished
Office is closed & Office has closed
Could you please explain the difference.
Many Thanks.
Sorry younus123, did you ask me or Alex? But I think you asked Alex your question.
I asked him but if you know the rule or how does it work exactly then please help me out.
Many Thanks
I got a 100.
Thank a lot.
Great explanation as ever.
Hi Mr.Alex I like watching your wonderful lessons. I got 100% point.I can understand you clearly. This situation really makes me happy. I couldn’t explain my expression.Good Luck to you :)
Le costume te va très bien Alex, et tes cours sont toujours impeccables. Merci.
great job!
Good lesson. I liked it very much. Grettings from Dominican Republic
easy-peasy
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This lesson teaches me alot
Hi ,alex your way of explanation is very easy and clear ,really I undrerstood the lesson 100%,so thank you
Your videos are so well prepared and your explanations are so clear! Really good one! Thank you!
Hello Alex, I am Marcela from Colombia. I like your videos, Thanks.
Wow! This is very interesting and well prepared.
u made everything easier, thank u so much ;)
8/10.
? Excellent video ?
Thank you. sir.
nice MR ALEX
It’s really easy to understanding. Good topic, thanks
thanks very much Mr. Alex, this is Ahmed from Egypt.
thanks, Alex! I got 9
i got it all correct. Thank you Alex.
Hi,
would be wrong if I use “them” instead of “whom” in this sentence “My students, most of them are from Brazil, have a test today”
Thank you realy enjoyed the quiz
Hi, very nice!!! you made it easier. Thanks!
Hi Alex I loved your explanation, it is confusing the use of who and whom but I didn’t know there was a difeerence, thank You.
Hey teacher. This lesson is really complicated and boring, but it’s good to practice more grammatical topics.
Thanks a lot.
Thank you Alex!
10/10
Thank you,Alex.You are a great teacher and you are very good at explaining things!!!so i would be very greatful to you if you could explain me the difference between the words assure, insure and ensure because im confused in their meaning and usage! thank you in andvance!
Mr Alex thank you so much.
thank you Alex!!!
Thanks Mr. Alex I loved your explanation you are very clear and you made it really easier! as well as you resolved one of my biggest doubt in English I was confusing when do I have to use who & whom
I really appreciate it
Thanks a lot :) :)
Well done!
10 of 10.
Alex is a teacher whom I like.
Thank you! Very interesting lesson.
T_T it’s hard for me to get it all but I think I got it a little bit more. Thanks for the lesson! :)
many thanks Alex!!! you are a brilliant teacher
Thanks for the explnation
I like this method of teaching. Thank you very much.
Can’t believe it I made 10 on 10
Gosh, sooo hard rule :/
Thank you alex i learned a lot from you. I’m not good in English and this site help me a lot.
Thank you so much, This may Improve My english. Thank you Mr. Alex
Thank you for your great lesson.Can I ask you a small question?
What is the different between ”whose” and ”whom”.
Finally, thanks for your help.
Good alex
This is so useful, thanks a lot. Teacher Alex. :)
Very interesting class Alex, thank you
Thank you for your lesson Alex. Actually, I am not clear before between WHO and WHOM. I got 10 :)))
100! Thank you very much Alex.
Thank you very much for your lesson!
Hello Alex I am new here
Hi Teacher Alex. Thanks so much. You make me more understanding about this, and I have got the full score finally.
I will be the good student and second-language learner who use Who/Whom correctly in the future.
I thought that I have understood it, but I just got 8 out of 10 I will watch it again thank Alex you are the best I love you
Thanx Alex! 90% ?
Thanks ALEX!,it is very valuable, 100%.
Now i understand more the difference between who and whom but it’s still hard to use it practically. Anyway, good website to improve english.
well thanks i got 10 yayyy !
thanks again for the clarity you gave, i got 100% again for the 4 th lesson or quiz,
thank you Alex.
Hi.I am a little confused.You said that ‘who’ is a subject relative,which means it gives more information about the subject,but in ‘I have an uncle who works for Apple’,’I’ is the subject and ‘an uncle’ is the object so I think we should use ‘whom’ instead of ‘who’,because we are giving more information about the object.Please explain this.Thanks in advance.
Hi Alex, you such a good instructor. appreciate for all.
can I use to before whom? for example: “for all the children to whom we entrust the future”
I got 66% ???
I’ll do my best next time ???
Great lesson and learn .You are good teacher .Thanks for your vedio.
Finally, i know how to distinguish who and whom…
Now I understand how to use who and whom correctly. Thank you very much!
Thank You so much
Nice video, Alex. Thank you very much!
Thanks for a quite good explanation.
Thanks for your best teach
I am a guy who loves EngVid,thank you Alex.
I got 10 correct out of 10.
:D
Thanks Mr.Alex
Thank you Alex… I hope to learn more with your classes
I’m the guy how got 9 out of 10 in this quiz.
10 / 10
Thanks To The God
Thank You Alex
10 of 10! Thank you!
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I loved the trick, thank you.
Thank you Mr. Alex
Hanks a los. Great explanation.
Is the best explanation in my English student history.
Thank you Alex
Alex is the teacher whom i admire and he is the best who gives lecture to make sure we all get it
Great explanation
Very well explained.I understood everything.Thanks.
Thank you very much ♥️
It was a confusing problem for me and ı understand now. Thak you very much…
Hi, Alex, how are you?
it was a nice explanation of using the words who and whom , but what about the punctuation after or before who or whom ?
I got 80
By the way nice lesson
Who or Whom? It’s very hard to choose. =)
I got 9 out of 10.
As always great lesson! Keep up the good work!
Thanks Alex )]
Thanks, Alex, You are a great man with tremendous energy that makes you perfect for this job. I hope you always will be well. Anyway, I got 10.
thanks. good luck
thanks a lot, it is very useful
A BIG THANKS ALEX ! You’re a great teacher.
this is my first lesson with you mr.Alex you are a great teacher . thank you soo much
thanks Alex…it’s a relief to know that sometimes even native speakers make mistakes about their own language! ;)
Thank you for the simplest, easiest explaining.
What is the difference between where are you from? and where do you come from?
Perfect explanation Thanks a lot for your time and devotion with this grammar topic. Wishing you a very happy and prosperous New Year
10/10 =1 is my lucky number due to you sir.Great respect and love from this indian.
You are a teacher whom most people admire.
thank you sir
Thank you, Alex.I enjoy with your lesson..I really love it.
Alex, you are great! So difficult topic you could tell so simply. I’m whatching your lessons with pleasure. 10/10.
And a special thank you for your pronunciation.
Thank you, Alex! 10/10.
I’m not using WHOM and rarely see it in the practical english. Sometimes I see remark on the documents “to whom it my concern” and that’s it. On top of that, WHOM sounds a little bit odd for my russian ear so I’ll most likely use another word e.g. “There are 10 people in the room, five of them I know personnaly. Anyway thank you for lesson Alex I appreciate what are you and your colleagues from engvid.com doing.
9 out of 10
Very good lesson. Thank you Alex
I’m being a little confused, but It’s great lesson for me. Thanks.
hello i am a new student . i am very happy to be here . thank you!
Thank you for your teaching, I understood who and whom finally.
You are the teacher who cleared my doubts about who and whom. Thank you.
I have got 9/10.Thank you ALEX!
You are a teacher whom most students admire.
Thank you Teacher.
Excellent teacher with good explanation.
Your class was excellent, I understood very well about who/whom. Thank so much!
Alex, I still can’t understand Who and Whom -_-
I got 90 marks, so not bad.
Hey Alex . Thankyou for the lesson . I got 9 out of 10…
Nice lesson, Professor, thank you!
Hey Alex, thanks for this wonderful topic. I’d been looking easy way of learning English on the internet for so long until I landed here in this wonderful English learning site. You are my most favorite instructor here because you know how to execute your lesson very well and you make each lesson easy to follow. I’ll definitely recommend this site to all my friends.
Your lecturer was phenomenal.
I got 10 out of 10 hurray! thanks for this tricky lesson.
I have been struggling with this ‘Who vs Whom’ topic throughout my life. Many thanks to my teacher, Mr. Alex for helping me out. I can’t believe that I got 100% correct from the test. :)
Thanks
Teacher can’t we say instead of ” whom”: most of (them) or .. 16 of (them) ??
It’s finally clear to me!!!!!!! Tks a lot
Thanks for the lesson, Alex. Just out of insatiable curiosity: I’ve come across this sentence “She was to be proud of her heritage, proud of whom she was.” in here https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/proud And I’m wondering, shouldn’t it be “proud of who she was”. I understand that “proud of” takes the object, thus whom is correct, but it is a sort of an indirect object clause here, don’t the words in a clause follow their own syntactic connections and if I’m not mistaken “she” is the subject and “who” must be the predicate of this clause. Thus it must be in the nominative case. On the other hand, if I change “whom” with “the person”, as in “She was to be proud of the person she was” it starts to feel like it really is the objective case, thus “whom” must be correct. I’m at a loss here.
So clear in all passages! Thanks Alex!
So great. I thank you for this course
I got 100%, Thanks Alex!
10/10
Very easy. Thank you for the explanation!
Thanks , could I say “ one of them “ instead of “ one of whom “ in question no. 6?
thanks a lot for nice explanation..
Is it correct to say
whom did mark see in london today ?
To talk about poeple that mark saw him
Thanks Alex, you’re a great teacher.
Have I done well
Thanks a lot
Excellent lesson. Got 10/10.
I know you like the Star Wars movies. I like them too.
“Try not. Do or do not. There is no Try”. Really true.
Thank you so much for the class, teacher Alex!
I just didn’t get what kind of action the subject is receiving on the frase: My students, most of whom are from Brazil, have a test today.
Or in this case, it is an exclusive expression and we must ignore the concept explained earlier?
Well teacher, it’s a lesson easy to learn. However quiz isn’t easy…
Thanks Alex
I got 8
Thanks a million.
Hi,
how is it going?
I’ve just finished the quiz. I did it before watching the video. I managed to get 8 out of 10.
Now. I’m starting to watch the video.
I wish you all the best ;)
Thank you so much Mr. Alex. Your lesson is a really good prompt for me.
THANKS VERY CLEAR
I got 100% on quiz. Thank you Alex!
Thanks a lot
8/10 That’s not bad, I think, but it is one of the most complex topic I’ve ever learned
Thank you Alex who’s conducted this topic.
Thanks Alex!!!
I got perfect! Thank you sir for this lesson.
Thanks Alex, I got 100%, like a native speaker I answered “who” in all.
Thanks:)
After seeing your video, I think I will not make other mistakes.
Thanks Alex
Thanks for everyone who works at the engvid.com
Got 10/10.Your teaching is good
Perfect, Amazing. Thank you very much
Thanks for the lecture.
I watched this video twice on May 26, 2021, and I took the quiz after watching it once. I got ten correct out of 10.
He is the teacher who teach excellent.
Hi Alex, I got all the answers correct. I like the way you explain the topic. I will watch all your videos to learn more about English. I hope to see more videos of you. Thank you and have a nice day!
I’ve 10 correct out of 10 :D ?
Thanks a lottt teacher ??
hello friends. it’s a little bit complexe but i think i will get it. i keep trying. have a nice day bye.
That was a very good lesson, Alex, thank you so much.I really had doubts about who and whom, but you KILL them. changing the topic. Have you and daughter finished yoshi craft world? haha, I did.
Again, thank you for all your lessons.
Very good lesson! 10/10
thank you for this lesson Mr Alex is the too much help you for me
Great explanation, as always, thanks a lot!
Great teacher
Thank you for the clarification, I understand now.