Who or whom?

It's an awkward structure, but "whom" is correct. If you broke it out into two sentences, it would be "Whom does this affect?" and "With whom does this occur?"

Remember, you use "who" when the answer to a question would be "he", and "whom" when the answer to a question would be "him".

Whom does this affect? Him. With whom does this occur? Him.

Keyboard Hound said:

[FONT=&quot]Is whom right in the sentence below? It seems awkward. It's a column heading in a chart.

Whom does this affect/occur with?


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The correct usage is: Whom does this affect? With whom does this occur?

But in dialogue or conversational narrative: Who does this affect?

maestrowork said:

The correct usage is: Whom does this affect? With whom does this occur?

But in dialogue or conversational narrative: Who does this affect?

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Unless your speaker/narrator speaks grammaticly, in which case, "whom".

Duncan J Macdonald said:

Unless your speaker/narrator speaks grammaticly, in which case, "whom".

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I tend to think people who say "Whom does this affect?" grammar snobs.

I was wondering about the who/whom thing also.

Thanks for pointing out that it's okay to use who in dialogue/conversations. This is good to know.

I quite like the 'whom' sentence. I'm not sure whether it is an old fashioned thing, but I tend to use it quite a lot. Especially in Historical context.

maestrowork said:

I tend to think people who say "Whom does this affect?" grammar snobs.

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If one were so inclined, one could peruse my User Profile, and find that I do, in fact, refer to myself as a grammar pedant. It is both my greatest failing, and my greatest asset.
"Oh, lack-a-day dee, misery me!"

I love my "whom" and you'll pry it from my cold, dead cerebellum.