• TheRealKuni@midwest.social
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        6 hours ago

        Just to be pedantic, you should use “whoever” there, not “whomever.”

        To tell whether to use “who” or “whom,” replace it with “he” or “him” and follow the ‘m.’

        “he made this” vs “him made this”

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            4 hours ago

            Sure!

            “If I’m asked, I’ll give grammar tips to whomever.”

            Whomever is tough, because often this would be constructed as “I’ll give grammar tips to whoever asks.” And you would use “who” there, because “whoever” is the subject of the clause “whoever asks.”

            Generally speaking, it’s usually safe to pick “whoever” over “whomever.”

            But if you drop the “-ever” it’s a lot easier. Anywhere you’d use “him” (that is, the objective pronoun), you use “whom.” To whom, for whom, by whom, etc.

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      7 hours ago

      Idk why or who makes the conventions. It might be a required format, kind of like how you’re supposed to start numbering pages in APA after the title page.