the nolan substitution
a method to decide whether to use who or whom in a sentence by subst-tuting in the pr-nouns he and him into the sentence.
if the subject can be replaced with he or she, use who; if the question can be answered with him or her, use whom.
the nolan subst-tution method examples
it was for him/her (right)
it was for he/she (wrong)
whom was it for? (correct question)
he/she opened the box (correct)
him/her opened the box (wrong)
who opened the box (correct question)
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