In this sentence should it be who or whom?
e.g. I can’t believe it you hired who/whom?!
In this sentence should it be who or whom?
e.g. I can’t believe it you hired who/whom?!
In theory I think it should be ‘whom’.
We use ‘whom’ when we are talking about the object of the sentence.
So:
[i]
Speaker 1: I hired John. (John = the object of the sentence)
Speaker 2: I can’t believe it. You hired whom?[/i]
Bit it’s unusual to use whom, especially when speaking. Most people just use who.
Thank you!
No problem