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Rule "who (whom)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: who (whom)
Message: In a formal text, use <suggestion>\3m</suggestion>, not 'who'.
Category: Style (ID: STYLE)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/who-vs-whom/
Tags: [picky]
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • With who did you go?
    Correction suggestion: whom
  • To who it may concern.
    Correction suggestion: whom
Correct sentences
for comparison:
  • For who is so tolerant of an unjust city, so ironclad, that they can hold back?
ID: WHO_WHOM [1]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-12-02 22:33:09 +0100)