Understanding Who, Whose, Whom with Easy Animations

Let's explore the difference between 'who' and 'whose' in English.First, let's look at 'who.' We use it to ask about people performing actions.For example, 'Who wrote this letter?' asks about the person performing the action of writing.When we ask 'Who is coming to dinner?' we want to know about the person performing the action of coming.And when we ask 'Who left these footprints?' we're asking about the person who performed the action of walking.Now, let's look at 'whose.' This word is used to ask about possession or ownership.When we ask 'Whose book is this?' we're asking about who owns or possesses the book.'Whose car is parked outside?' asks about the owner of the car.And 'Whose phone is ringing?' asks about who possesses the ringing phone.Let's explore how to use 'whom' correctly.'Whom' is used when someone is receiving an action in the sentence.For example, in 'Whom did you invite?', someone is receiving the action of being invited.'Whom' often follows prepositions like 'to', as in 'To whom should I give this package?'Here are common prepositions that are often followed by 'whom'.A helpful way to check if you should use 'whom' is to try replacing it with 'him' or 'her'.If the sentence makes sense with 'him' or 'her', then 'whom' is correct.Let's look at more examples of 'whom' used with different prepositions.In modern English, the use of 'whom' varies between casual speech and formal writing.Here's a helpful memory trick: you can test whether to use 'whom' by replacing it with 'him' or 'her'.Let's try this trick with an example.Let's review what we've learned about modern usage of 'whom'.Thanks for learning about modern who and whom usage with Spark.E!