I know I can look up the rule and examples on the internet but I’m on a deadline and I have to do other stuff that you guys can’t do. Is it whom or who? Thank you!!
Approximately six months after Ms. X started, Mr. X recommended to her that she shift more organizational responsibility to the acting X, Ms. X, WHOM/WHO he noted had strong skills in this area.
PS - this is my boss’s sentence - don’t edit the rest of it please. just need to know if it’s whom or who. love you all.
The general rule is: “use who for he or she; use whom for him or her.” You are saying that Ms. X, or SHE had strong skills in the area, so I would think WHO is the right one to use.
Thank you. That is an easy way to state the rule and I will pass that on to my boss – I had “who” and she changed it to “whom” (I think she just likes whom ). She is a partner and a 15- year lawyer so I questioned myself…
Yes, Annie-Xmas is right, reword the question or phrase so as to make a simple statement, and use the “he/she vs. him/her” model. In this case, it becomes “he noted [that] she had strong skills…” Who is correct.
In comparison, if the original had said “…to the acting X, Ms. X, WHOM/WHO he considered to be skillful in this area,” it would be different. Rephrased, it becomes “he considered her to be skillful…,” and whom would thus be correct.