who vs whom

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<p>hey, i have a grammar question about using who vs whom. From what I've read, I learned to reword the sentence and if i replace who/whom with he or she, then i it's who, but if i replace it with him or her, then i have to use whom. But what happens when i can replace it with either such as in this sentence.</p>

<p>There are several rules which must be followed by whomever wants to be admitted into this academy.</p>

<p>the corrected sentence is
There are several rules that must be followed by whoever wants to be admitted into this academy.</p>

<p>(by the way this sentence is from Kaplan's SAT writing workbook)</p>

<p>If i reword the sentence, it's "There are several rules that must be followed by him" or "He wants to be admitted into this academy." So how do i know which one to choose? Does the subjective form take dominance over the objective form? I'm so confused.</p>

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<p>You are correct that "whom" is an object and "who" is a subject. Hopefully that tells you how to use them most of the time:)</p>

<p>In this case, I would say "by" is acting as a conjunction, connecting two separate independent clauses. If it is interpreted as such, it becomes clear that "whoever" is the proper word choice in this case. (It also sounds a lot better - say it aloud both ways.)</p>

<p>~From an 80MC writing scorer</p>