who/whom

Whom is generally considered outdated and archaic except when using very formal vocabulary in Aus Eng.

Use who

The brits may have another opinion

From whom, I would say.

The extra clause complicates the sentence, though.

The girl, who I thought did not like me, gave me a present.

I received a present. From whom? From the girl who....



I don't know! When in doubt, simplify the sentence.

Re: who/whom


Who is the correct choice here since the word functions as the subject of the predicate did not like.

Amen to what Shapeless wrote, who is the word you want.

A good way to be sure of this, by the by, is to substitute the third person masculine or feminine pronoun for who or whom. In this case, you would write: I thought she did not like me--which is the subjective, so you would use "who." If you wrote "the girl to (whom or who) i gave it," you would do the substitution--i gave it to her--and find that you wanted the objective, so you would write "the girl to whom i gave it."

Isn't that a contradiction?

The girl to whom I gave it
The girl from whom I got it

Compare that with the question, and where are we?

There's no contradiction. In the sentences you provided, "who/whom" serves as the object of the phrases "gave it" and "got it." ("I gave it to her," "I got it from her.") Thus the sentences take the objective form, whom.

In Tanguatlay's original sentence, "who/whom" serves as the subject of the phrase "did not like." ("I thought she did not like me.") Thus the sentence takes the subjective form, who.

I'm comfortable with that.

I originally was not sure whether "girl" and "who" had to agree wrt. case.