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Whom is the object form of who.

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We use whom to refer to people in formal styles or in writing, when the person is the object of the verb. We don’t use it very often and we use it more commonly in writing than in speaking.

We use whom commonly with prepositions.

Some formal styles prefer to use a preposition before whom than to leave the preposition ‘hanging’ at the end of the sentence:

Before a job interview it is a good idea, if you can, to find out some background information about the people for whom you would be working. (preferred in some formal styles to … about the peoplewhomyou would be workingfor)

Over 200 people attended the ceremony, many of whom had known Harry as their teacher.

We use it in relative clauses:

She gave birth in 1970 to a boy whom she named Caleb James.

We use it in indirect questions and statements:

He didn’t ask forwhom I had voted.

He told me where he went and withwhom. (preferred in some formal styles to He told me where he went andwho with.)