Who
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[hide]Subject pronoun: who
- Who asked him?
- Who told her?
Object pronoun: whom
- The person whom I thought was responsible was not in fact to blame.
- Ask not for whom the bell tolls.
- To whom it may concern:
whom has fallen into disuse except when following a preposition.
Interrogative pronoun
An unknown (wh-) person
- Who did you see?
- Hmm... who(m) should we ask?
Relative pronoun
allows further modification of the preceding noun or pronoun.
- Marla's the one who's supposed to be doing this, not me!
- She's the person who volunteered...
Derived forms
who(m)ever: n'importe qui, qui qu'il soit, quiconque, ...