who or whom?
Whom has fallen into disuse in everyday speech, with who taking its place, especially in British English. Do you remember whom you saw? is more usually expressed as Do you remember who you saw?, and whom is omitted when it is associated with a preposition: the man I was talking to rather than the man to whom I was talking. However, in formal contexts, whom is still preferred by careful writers. Note that whom is incorrect in sentences such as The woman who we thought was dead is still alive: who is the subject of was, not the object of thought (We thought that she was dead...).
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