WHOM


Meaning of WHOM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hu:m ]

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

Note: 'Whom' is used in formal or written English instead of ‘who’ when it is the object of a verb or preposition.

1.

You use whom in questions when you ask about the name or identity of a person or group of people.

‘I want to send a telegram.’—‘Fine, to whom?’...

Whom did he expect to answer his phone?...

= who

QUEST

2.

You use whom after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, to introduce a clause where you talk about the name or identity of a person or a group of people.

He asked whom I’d told about his having been away...

= who

CONJ

3.

You use whom at the beginning of a relative clause when specifying the person or group of people you are talking about or when giving more information about them.

One writer in whom I had taken an interest was Immanuel Velikovsky...

PRON : oft prep PRON

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