SP 13:  Using whom and who in Interrogative Sentences

*WHO, WHOM, AND WHOSE are relative pronouns.

Whom is always used as a direct object or the object of a preposition when renaming a person or group of people. (Otherwise, use what.)
    1. Direct object: Use whom to rename the direct object in a question.
        Whom did you call?   
         (Answer: I called Joe.  Joe is a direct object.)
        Whom did you pay for the dance tickets?
        (Answer:  I paid Dave for the dance tickets.  Dave is a direct object.)
    
    2. Object of preposition: Use whom to rename the object of a prepostion.
            To whom did you speak?  (NOT: Whom did you speak to?)
             (Answer: I spoke to Joe.  Joe is the object of a preposition.)
            You gave my number to whom ? 
            (Answer: I gave your number to Joe.)

Example: 
Q:  Whom are Joe and his friends, a group of fourteen-year-old athletes, savvy about?    
Q:  Joe and his friends, a group of fourteen-year-old athletes, are very savvy about whom?
A:  Joe and his friends, a group of fourteen year-old athletes, are very savvy about soccer players.

* Who is always used as a subject or a predicate pronoun (a pronoun that follows the verb).  We used who (and that or which) is SP 11.
    Subject of IC: Who called the power company?
    Subject of DC: The person who hit my car should have to pay to fix the damages.
    Predicate Pronoun: The electrician is who?

Go to this Website to find out more about the use of who, whose, and whom:
    http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/pronouns.htm   
        Find and read Basic Principle # 5.  For more help, take one or more of the quizzes at the bottom of this Website and check your answers.  Use the HINTS provided to learn the rules.

HOMEWORK:
* Write 5 more sentences using WHO and WHOM as the subject (who), the direct object (whom) and as the object of a preposition (whom).  Do NOT use whose this week.
* Write the question AND the answer. 
* Use 12+ words in the question OR the answer.
* Use context clues to show meaning of the vocabulary word.
* Underline subjects and verbs in ALL clauses and highlight vocab words and relative pronouns (who or whom).
* Sentences must relate to current SS lessons in some way.

Examples: 

Q: Who wore that racy, lowcut red dress to the graduation dance last weekend?
A:  Willemina wore that racy dress last weekend.

Q:  By whom was that plagiarized essay about the causes of the American Revolution written?
A: That plagiarized essay was written by Bill.

Q:  Whom does your friend, Bill, always mock?
A:  My friend, Bill, always mocks his mother when she chastises him for plagiarizing an essay.

A:  Bill made some racy comments (about the presenter) during the Just-Say-No assembly today.
Q:  Who made racy comments during today’s assembly?
Q:  About whom were Bill’s racy comments directed?
A:  The farmers who were losing their property mocked the judges who refused to rescind their decision to force the farmers to sell their farms.
Q:  Whom did the farmers mock?