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Who or whom told?

Who or whom told?

Whom should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition. When in doubt, try this simple trick: If you can replace the word with “he”’ or “’she,” use who. If you can replace it with “him” or “her,” use whom. Who should be used to refer to the subject of a sentence.

Who I forgot or whom I forgot?

Even though this might be confusing, (a) is correct. The reasoning is that “I forget who” is short for “I forget who it was”, which makes “who” the subject of the verb “was” here, and subjects of verbs do not take the “whom” form. I hope that helps.

Is it correct to say I have forgotten?

This is correct. This is Present Perfect Tense. Have/has + Past Participle form of the Base Verb. Forgotten is the Past Participle form of the Base Verb forget.

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Is whose and who’s the same?

Who’s. Who’s is a contraction linking the words who is or who has, and whose is the possessive form of who. They may sound the same, but spelling them correctly can be tricky.

Is whom still grammatically correct?

In short, “whom” is still grammatically correct, but most people use “who” instead.

Who should I ask or whom?

The grammatically correct way to phrase this is whom to ask. The phrase to ask really means should I ask. Whenever we need a pronoun that refers to the subject, we use who. However, when we need one that refers to the object of a preposition or a verb, we use whom.

How do you make whom questions?

The form whom is used as the object of a verb or of a preposition in very formal or old-fashioned English.

  1. Whom did you talk to? Whom would you rather have as a boss?
  2. Who did you talk to? Who would you rather have as a boss?
  3. To whom did you speak? With whom did she go?
  4. Who did you speak to? Who did she go with?
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What is a sentence for forgotten?

I had completely forgotten about it. I had forgotten all about it. He seemed to have forgotten me. Sir, I bring my book to school everyday but I have forgotten to bring it today.

Had forgotten or had forgot?

In modern British English ‘had forgot’ is wrong, ‘had forgotten’ is correct. forgot is the past simple (preterit) of the verb ‘to forget’. forgotten is the past participle used with the auxiliary verb ‘to have’. to get has the same past simple and past participle: got.

Can you say with whom?

The commonly repeated advice for remembering whether to use who or whom is this: If you can replace the word with he or she or another subject pronoun, use who. If you can replace it with him or her (or another object pronoun), use whom.