Use whom for subjects or objects of infinitives - Distinguish between who and whom - Grammar

Rules for writers, Tenth edition - Diana Hacker, Nancy Sommers 2021

Use whom for subjects or objects of infinitives
Distinguish between who and whom
Grammar

An infinitive is the word to followed by the base form of a verb. (See 49b.) Subjects of infinitives are an exception to the rule that subjects must be in the subjective case. The subject of an infinitive must be in the objective case. Objects of infinitives also are in the objective case.

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EXERCISE 25-1

Edit the following sentences to eliminate errors in the use of who and whom (or whoever and whomever). If a sentence is correct, write “correct” after it. Answers appear in the back of the book.

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a. Arriving late for rehearsal, we had no idea who was supposed to dance with whom.

b. The environmental policy conference featured scholars who I had never heard of.

c. Whom did you support in last month’s election for student government president?

d. Kartik always gives a holiday donation to whomever needs it.

e. So many singers came to the audition that Natalia had trouble deciding who to select for the choir.