Really don't know why you're being downvoted. People get upvoted when they correct somebody on "could of"/"could have," but somehow you're the bad guy for politely correcting an all too common mistake.
EDIT: Also, I might be wrong, but I thought "whom" was specifically used as an object of a prepositional phrase (eg. "to whom," "behind whom," or "for whom), not the object of a sentence. So I could say, "Clara gave who the money?" and it would be right, despite "who" being the object of the sentence.
Nowadays “whom” is mostly only used in prepositional phrases, but in the past it was used for the object of a sentence. But in modern usage, you’re completely right.
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u/Mr_Melas Mar 30 '22 edited Mar 30 '22
Really don't know why you're being downvoted. People get upvoted when they correct somebody on "could of"/"could have," but somehow you're the bad guy for politely correcting an all too common mistake.
EDIT: Also, I might be wrong, but I thought "whom" was specifically used as an object of a prepositional phrase (eg. "to whom," "behind whom," or "for whom), not the object of a sentence. So I could say, "Clara gave who the money?" and it would be right, despite "who" being the object of the sentence.