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Whith vs Whom - What's the difference?

whith | whom |

As a preposition whith

is .

As a pronoun whom is

what person or people; which person or people, as the object of a verb.

whith

English

Preposition

(English prepositions)
  • *{{quote-book, year=1898, author=William Bradford, title=Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation', chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Winthrop, whith such directions as he conceived fitt, and, as I hear, hath given his debte, which he maks 544^li. unto y^e gentlemen of y^e Bay. Indeed, M^r. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1685, author=Robert May, title=The accomplisht cook, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Boil half a pound of French barley in 3 several waters, keep the last water to make your milk of, then stamp half a pound of almonds with a little of the same water to keep them from oyling; being finely beaten, strain it whith the rest of the barley water, put some hard sugar to it, boil it a little, and give it the party warm. }}

    whom

    English

    (wikipedia whom)

    Alternative forms

    * whome (obsolete)

    Pronoun

    (en-pron)
  • What person or people; which person or people, as the object of a verb.
  • *
  • What person or people; which person or people, as the object of a preposition.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=1 , passage=The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=1 citation , passage=He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom , even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.}}
  • *
  • Him; her; them (used as a relative pronoun to refer to a previously mentioned person or people.)
  • *{{quote-book, year=1935, author= George Goodchild
    • , title=Death on the Centre Court, chapter=1 , passage=“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke
  • *

    • Usage notes

    (Usage examples) Subject (always who ): : Who ate my sandwich? : There is the thief who ate my sandwich. :: i.e. The thief ate my sandwich. Direct object: : Who(m) did you see? : I saw an old friend who(m) I had not seen for years. :: i.e. I saw an old friend . Indirect object: : Who(m) are you giving your apple to? : She is the angel who(m) I'm giving my apple to. :: or : To whom are you giving your apple?'' (fronted prepositional phrase, almost always ''whom ) : She is the angel to whom I'm giving my apple. :: i.e. I'm giving my apple to her .

    Derived terms

    * to whom it may concern * to whom this may concern * whomever * whom're

    Statistics

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