Do we use the nominative case [sometimes referred to as the subjective case] form of the pronoun "who" or the objective case form "whom"? The answer is how the pronoun serves its purpose in the clause. The subject of the clause is "we" and the transitive verb definition of "dislike" takes an object, a direct object, which is "whom." "7c.
Rewrite the sentences using who. Remember, when whom follows a preposition we place this at the end of the reformulated sentence. Example: To whom did you send the email? â Who did you send the email to? It belonged to my grandad, whom I loved dearly. â It belonged to my grandad, With whom are you chatting on the photo? â on the photo?
I will speak to whoever answers the phone. (He answers the phone. Whom (or whomever) is the objective form. Use whom whenever him, her, them, me, or us could be substituted as the object of the verb or as the object of a preposition in the whom clause. (If in doubt, mentally rearrange the clause as is done in parentheses after each of the