<p>"Although I had never met with most of the people who/whom walked with me, I knew a few of them very well."</p>
<p>I tried replacing "people who/whome" with "they/them" and "them" sounded more appropriate so I used whom... but the answer is who. </p>
<p>Can someone explain this? who/whom</p>
<p>“most of the people who/whom walked with me” is the object of the preposition “with.” So we would normally use the objective case (“whom”). However, within that object, “who” is being used as the subject of the verb “walked,” so we use the nominative case (“who”).</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<p>I will eat whomever.</p>
<p>I will eat whoever wants a dog.</p>
<p>In the first sentence, “whomever” is not acting as the subject of any verb. In the second sentence, “whoever” is the subject of “wants.”</p>
<p>Ah thanks… so… as long as the pronoun has a verb afterwards… its in subjective case… even though in the context of the first part “I will eat whomever” it is in an objective case.</p>
<p>Many thanks turtle. this is from the ACT lol</p>
<p>Try to break the sentence as follows:
I never met them. They walked with me (them + they)
or I never met him. He walked with me ( Him + he -> who)</p>
<p>this link can be useful:
[Who</a> vs. Whom | Grammar Rules](<a href=“http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/whoVwhom.asp]Who”>Who vs. Whom | Grammar Rules)</p>
<p>Given that there is only one specific thing to refer to, are this/that gramatically interchangeable?</p>
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<p>I’m not sure that I understand the question.</p>
<p>“This house is green”</p>
<p>“That house is green”</p>
<p>is there any grammatical difference between the two?</p>
<p>^ Ah, grammatically they are interchangeable as both demonstrative pronouns and demonstrative adjectives. Semantically, they of course have different implications. It is also worth noting that only “that” can be a relative pronoun. </p>
<p>If you need me to elaborate on any of that, I will.</p>
<p>thanks again. congrats on passing 8000 lol</p>