Скачать или смотреть Grammar Geezers #25: Who vs. whom

Who told a dirty knock-knock joke to illustrate the proper use of "whom?"

John Rubadeau did.

To whom did he tell it? ("Whom did he tell it to?" being acceptable also, trailing preposition be damned.)

His classes -- for years. And now, to anybody with a browser or the YouTube app.

This round of Grammar Geezers teaches a handy heuristic (rule of thumb) to help you remember when to write "who" and when to write "whom" -- with a nice digression into linking verbs (a topic to be covered separately), which we got into because there are no "whoms" with linking verbs.

"Grammar Geezers" is famed University of Michigan writing instructor and PhD linguist John Rubadeau and his former student, journalist Todd Neff, talking grammar, writing, and nonsense. Neff was a student of Rubadeau's in 1989 and wrote a biography of his mentor and friend, "A Beard Cut Short." More at https://toddneff.com/beard.