<p>Could you please give me a concrete way to figure out whether to use "who" or whether to use "whom"? </p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>I think but am not sure...... whom is the object of the sentence and also it is used in prepositions e.g. to whom, for whom... while who is the subject. who killed whom. I dont know if this gives you a concrete way but the sat doesnt go to in depth about the nuances.</p>
<p>I've never see who/whom being tested on any SAT test. That's just me though.</p>
<p>As for the rules, you can pretty much google "who vs. whom" and find tons of material online about them.</p>
<p>just think "who beat whom"
if you take latin, then you'd know that who would have to be in the
nominative case and would be used as the subject or a predicate nominative.
with whom, it's just accusative and is the one receiving the action.</p>
<p>that's how i think of it at least. but the sat/psat really doesn't test any of that</p>
<p>latin class. Lol</p>
<p>subjective is who.
who did this?</p>
<p>objective is whom
to whom is this addressed to?</p>
<p>I believed that you use whom when you refer to someone such as 'him'. Ex: To whom shall I give this note to? You shall give the note to him. You use who when you refer to someone as 'he' or 'she'. Ex: Who is Eli Manning? He is the quarterback for the NY Giants.</p>
<p>Differentiating between who and whom is not required on the SAT writing test, according to RecketReview. However, they also give the tip that whom is used whenever you could use him (objective)</p>
<p>Yes, i agree with Jakeus. Differentiating between who and whom is not required on the SAT Writing Section, though Barron's has several questions about who and whom. Anyway, you can ignore it. Personally, i don't think Barron's is a good reference book since it never tries to read test makers mind...</p>