WHO AND WHOM: IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE?
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AFOLEARNING: WHO and WHOM are both relative pronouns. The are called relative pronouns because they are often used to introduce relative clauses.

CHIKA : so what is the difference?
AFOLEARNING: That's a very good question.

WHO is used in a sentence when the relative clause refers to the subject. Here are examples:

1. This the man who said I will be great.
2. The woman who told me the story is late.

Here ,WHO in both sentences refers to the subjects MAN and WOMAN respectively.

CHIKA: what about WHOM?

AFOLEARNING: WHOM is used when the relative clause refers to the object. Here are examples.

1. The lady, whom she slapped, is crying�.
2. I stumbled on the man whom the hooligan robbed yesterday.

WHOM in both sentences refers to the object who suffers or receives an action. Here, the object being referred to are the LADY and the MAN.

AFOLEARNING: Always note that WHO is often used to refer to the SUBJECT, while WHOM is used to refer to the OBJECT.

CHIKA: Thank you Afolearning! Now I understand and I can use it correctly in sentences.

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