<p>Hey guys. Alright, so I got a quickk question.</p>
<p>Is it:
Be whomever we like.
Or
Be whoever we like.</p>
<p>I thought it'd be "whomever" but I saw it written somewhere as "whoever."
And I know this is a bit random, but the question is killing me.
Hahah, thanks.</p>
<p>Depends on the context. Both are actual words.</p>
<p>Quick trick for whom or who choices. If the sentence were rephrased as a question and the answer would be he/her - use who. if the answer would be his/hers - use whom.</p>
<p>Same with whomever/whoever.</p>
<p>Pretty sure it’s whomever, since “we” is the subject. Someone correct me if I’m wrong.</p>
<p>Whoever is correct. The subjective case is always used as a linking verb complement. In this example, the linking verb is the imperative “be,” which should be followed by the subjective case. </p>
<p>Other examples: It is I. Who is he?</p>
<p>I also think it’s “whoever.”</p>
<p>“Whoever” is used only when it is in the relative subjective case, however, “Whomever” is the relative objective case.</p>
<p>So you decide whether you want to use the word in the objective or subjective case. But in your sentence, it is in the subjective case “whoever” is the subject. So it is going to be “Whoever” rather then “whomever”.</p>
<p>Actually, I lied. Disregard my previous post. “Whomever” is most directly modified by “we like,” so it is an object. Think of it as order of operations: be (whomever we like). “Whomever” is first modified by “we like,” and then that entire phrase is modified by “be.” Sorry for any confusion.</p>
<p>The word is whoever. The verb is linking, and there is no object.</p>
<p>*He is John. John is he.</p>
<p>We are the Smiths. The Smiths are we.*</p>
<p><a href=“We”>i</a> be whoever we like*. There is no active verb.</p>
<p>(be) whomever we like. Whomever is the object of like.</p>
<p>Alright, this is so confusing. Is it weird that I was never really taught this in school? Teachers touched on the subject, but it was never really a big deal.
I know a lot of other grammar rules, but the one for who/whom is one of those things that I’ll probably never get.
I always just used “whom” if there was a noun following in the sentence and “who” if there was a verb.
For example:
The girl whom I saw.
The girl who said that.</p>
<p>Have I been wrong my whole life? 
Hahah.</p>
<p>apn, what’s the verb? It’s “be,” which is linking and requires the subjective. There’s no object because there is no action. You were correct in your first post.</p>
<p>jonnathan, it’s the girl whom I saw. I saw whom? The girl. The word “whom” catches the action.</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s whoever for the reasons stated.</p>
<p>“The girl whom I saw.” is correct because you would say “I saw her.” rather than “I saw she.” while you would say “She said that.” rather than “Her said that.” When the noun that the independent clause is modifying is acting as the subject of the clause, you use “who.” When the noun that the independent clause is modifying is acting as the direct object of the clause, you use “whom” (also use “whom” when it is acting as the object of a preposition, ie. “for whom”). Those sentences are a bit less complicated than the OP’s question.</p>