whom (the singular and plural objective case of who)
What person or people; which person or people, as the object of a verb.
What person or people; which person or people, as the object of a preposition.
Him; her; them (used as a relative pronoun to refer to a previously mentioned person or people.)
Subject (always who)
Who ate my sandwich?
There is the thief who ate my sandwich.
i.e. The thief ate my sandwich.
Direct object
Who(m) did you see?
I saw an old friend who(m) I had not seen for years.
i.e. I saw an old friend.
Indirect object
Who(m) are you giving your apple to?
She is the angel who(m) I'm giving my apple to.
or
To whom are you giving your apple? (fronted prepositional phrase, almost always whom)
She is the angel to whom I'm giving my apple.
i.e. I'm giving my apple to her.
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Source: Wiktionary
Whom, pron. Etym: [OE. wham, AS. dative hwam, hw. See Who.]
Definition: The objective case of who. See Who.
Note: In Old English, whom was also commonly used as a dative. Cf. Him. And every grass that groweth upon root She shall eke know, and whom it will do boot. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
