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There’s an ongoing debate in English about when you should use  who  and when to use  whom . According to the rules of formal grammar,  who  should be used in the subject position in a sentence, while  whom  should be used in the object position, and also after a preposition. In questions Who  made this decision?  [here,  who  is the subject of the sentence] Whom  do you think we should support?  [here,  whom  is the object of  support ] To  whom  do you wish to speak?  [here,  whom  is following the preposition  to ] In practice, most people never use  whom  like this in speech because it sounds extremely formal. They don't use  whom  at all, and instead use  who  in all contexts, i.e.: Who  do you think we should support? Who  do you wish to speak to? As relative prono...