Jordan Peterson

If you're talking to a man who wouldn't fight with you under any circumstances whatsoever, then you're talking to someone for whom you have absolutely no respect.

Canadian Psychologist

Jane Austen

The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love.

British Writer

Saint Augustine

Don't you believe that there is in man a deep so profound as to be hidden even to him in whom it is?

Saint

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

We always love those who admire us, but we do not always love those whom we admire.

French Writer

Rupert Brooke

We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.

English Poet

Thomas Jefferson

I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

American President

Vivienne Westwood

I didn't do anything at the Queen, whom I admire.

English Designer

Theophile Gautier

I am a man for whom the outside world exists.

French Poet

Thomas S. Monson

We tend to become like those whom we admire.

American Clergyman

Zareen Khan

Salman is somebody whom I always respect.

Indian Actress

Use 'whom' to refer to the receiver of an action in a sentence.

Understanding Object

'Whom' often follows prepositions like to, for, with, near, and by in questions and statements.

Preposition Pairs

In modern conversation, using 'whom' can sound overly formal or traditional.

Traditional Context

Use 'whom' in formal writing to maintain a professional tone, especially in essays and reports.

Formal Writing

Learn fixed phrases with 'whom'; these are commonly accepted in both formal and casual language.

Fixed Expressions

'Whom' fits naturally in passive voice constructions, where the focus is on the action receiver.

Passive Structures

 but I've been taking this medication, and I just wanted to ask you what you think?" And so I did my best to give her such advice as I could. And then she said, "You know, my husband would never understand this. He's really the kind of guy to whom this wouldn't make any sense, so, you know, it's just between us."

Depression, the secret...

 They have, for example, been more engaging. They've been in safer, more comfortable work environments, and, of course, they've paid more. So it has been a positive story. That's the way things have played out so far. But there is one particular class of worker for whom the story has been quite different.

How we'll earn money in...

 It only took a few weeks before the women that I had previously worked with were returning back to their previous roles, and most of them were driven by words of encouragement from religious and political leaders, most of whom cited religious scripture as their defense.

What Islam really says...

 whom I met when I was a medical student. She founded the hospice movement. And she said, "You matter because you are, and you matter to the last moment of your life." And I firmly believe that that's the message that we have to carry forward. Thank you.

Peter Saul: Let's talk...

 motivated by money, sex, power, or all three. While a cult leader uses personal charisma to attract initial followers, further expansion works like a pyramid scheme, with early members recruiting new ones. Cults are skilled at knowing whom to target,

Why do people join...

 to play along with you did you are you ever overwhelmed by just how many people there are around the world for whom what came out of your head and your mouth in your guitar played such an extraordinary role in their lives I'm continuously

A message of peace, hope...

 but with a hundred thousand bats in the same grove of trees things are bound to heat up fights often break out over which branch belongs to whom they defend their turf but they rarely break skin mostly it's just a lot of noisy posturing

Meet the World's Biggest...

 behave the way they understand the world around them will seem so deeply familiar but together with chimps we belong to a much wider group of animals with whom he's still sharing a great deal in common and from whom we can get a

Human and Primate...

 and other major language families, and the nature of the languages spoken in Europe prior to its arrival. But the amazing fact remains that nearly 3 billion people around the world, many of whom cannot understand each other,

Where did English come...

 he said, there's every activity under heaven. There's a time to be born, and there's a time to die. I've stood at the deathbed of several famous people, whom you would know. I've talked to them.

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