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Mon 18 Oct, 2021 08:41 am
Initially, the victim was reluctant to call the centre as she feared upsetting the accused's wife, whom she felt had treated her kindly. She also hoped that the accused would stop his assaults of his own accord.
Should it be "who" instead?
Thanks!
@tanguatlay,
It should be "who", it is a subject pronoun of the verb "treated".
She felt
he had treated her kindly. Use the subject pronoun.
@tanguatlay,
"Who" is correct. It's the subject of "treated her badly". The original subject is "he" - HE treated her badly. "He" = "who". "Whom" = "him". You wouldn't say "Him treated her badly" so you can't say "whom treated her badly"
@tanguatlay,
PS Sorry! I misread your sentence. Don't worry, it's still "WHO" - but I should have said "She = who", and "whom = her".
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