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To: diegosan who wrote (4500)11/4/2018 8:59:56 AM
From: TimF   of 4710
 
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I think you can use either in this case.

According to that video who is the equivalent of I, he, she, etc.
So
Who drove the car? - I drove the car?
Who took the cookie? - He took the cookie.

Whom is the equivilent of me, him, her
I met whom? - I met her?

But this case seems to fit with the case at the end where the rule commonly isn't followed. Where the rule would cal for whom but it seems "old fashioned or stilted" so people commonly use who.

The specific example he gives - "I finally met the author, who I've been hoping to talk to" rather than "whom I've been hoping to talk to".
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