Pronoun Usage - Who vs Whom and Case Forms

Whom is the objective case pronoun used as the object of a verb or preposition. In 'Whom do you wish to see?', 'whom' functions as the object of the verb 'see' - you are seeing someone. Who would be incorrect here because who is nominative (subject case), not objective.

Whom is the objective case pronoun. In 'Whom do you wish to visit today?', whom serves as the object of the verb 'visit' - someone is being visited. Who is incorrect because it's the nominative (subject) form, but the person is receiving the action of visiting, not performing it.

Who is the correct choice because it functions as the subject of the embedded clause 'who is best qualified.' The full structure is 'You do believe [who] is best qualified' - in this clause, who is the subject of the verb 'is.' Many people mistakenly use whom in such constructions, but the pronoun case is determined by its role within its own clause, not the main sentence.

Whom is correct because it functions as the object of the preposition 'to.' In 'speak to whom,' the pronoun receives the action of being spoken to. Who would be incorrect because it's the subject form, but here we need the object form after the preposition.

To whom this may concern is a standard formal salutation. Whom is required because it follows the preposition 'to,' making it the object of the preposition. The phrase is conventional in formal correspondence when the recipient is unknown. Who would be grammatically incorrect after a preposition.

Whoever is correct because it functions as the subject of the verb 'is waiting.' The pronoun introduces the clause 'whoever is waiting for the general,' and within that clause, whoever must be the subject. Whomever would be incorrect because it's the object form, not the subject form.

The blank is the object of 'have chosen' in the relative clause. You choose someone (whom), and the entire clause 'Whom you have chosen for this task' functions as the subject of the sentence.

The blank is the object of the verb 'hold' in the structure 'hold [someone] responsible'. Whom is used as the object of a verb or preposition.

The blank is the subject of 'is to be considered responsible' within the relative clause. The structure is essentially 'who [that] the country will decide is to be considered responsible'. Who acts as the subject of 'is'.

The blank is the subject of the verb 'robbed'. The phrase 'I believe' is a parenthetical clause that can be removed to see the structure more clearly: 'He is the man ________ robbed the first national bank.'

This is a cleft sentence structure 'Was it _______'. In formal grammar, the subject complement after 'was' uses the subject case: 'It was he'. The same applies in the question form.

Similar to the previous question, this uses a cleft structure 'It was _______'. In formal grammar, the subject complement uses the subject case: 'It was she' who was being thought about.

This is an elliptical comparison: 'Are the Russians freer... than we [are]?' The understood verb 'are' requires the subject case 'we' as the subject of that verb.

This comparison structure requires the subject case in formal grammar: 'as rich as they [are]'. The understood verb 'are' requires 'they' as its subject.

This comparison traditionally uses the object case 'me' in elliptical constructions (than I am vs than me). While formal prescriptivism sometimes argues for 'I', standard English usage accepts 'me' in comparisons of this type.

This comparison follows the pattern of using the object case 'me' after 'as much as' in elliptical constructions. The structure is 'as much as [she loves] me'.

This is an ambiguous construction. Read as 'affect the Russians more than [they affect] us', 'us' is correct as object. But 'more than we [are affected]' would require 'we'. The official answer 'us' favors the object-comparison interpretation.

After a comparative structure like 'more than,' use the object case pronoun when comparing objects. The sentence means Frank loves Harvey more than he loves me, so the object form 'me' is correct.

 Are the russians as free as we are. 

In the case of this sentence, we must use the pronoun 'he'. Him or her are usually used when something is done towards a specific person and when in reference to a specific person, we would say 'he' or 'she'.

 We are more truthful than she is .

They work much faster than we (do). The subjective form will be used as two subjects are being compared.

We are comparing actions of two subjects....She is happy. I am happy. But she is is happier. So both she and I are subjects ...hence, I will be used.