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Still stuck on who and whom - anon


Posted: Jan 17, 2011

Usually it is "the patient is a 65 year old lady who/whom we have seen in our office."  Help?????

"She" is seen in our office or we see "her" in our office?  I am so dense on this one. 

RE - rx

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with she use who
with her use whom
in your example, who would be correct since you wouldnt say her is a 65-year-old blah blah blah

The trick I learned about who and whom - many years ago

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This is how I was taught (granted it was over 50 years ago), but for what it is worth – unless someone else has a more updated way of distinguishing the two.  


I think your confusion is that you are recasting too much of the sentence trying to make the hint work.


Your example:  "The patient is a 65-year-old lady who/whom we have seen in our office." 


To use the “he, she, we, they”  or the  “him, her, us, them trick, you only look at a few words following who/whom


(In case anyone is confused as to which goes with which:


him, her, us, them = him and them end in M = whom)


So, you would look at it this way – which sounds correct:


We have seen HER/HIM


or


We have seen SHE/HE


I would be interested if any English majors out there have a different trick.


Thanks.  


 



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