Question

In which sentence is who used correctly?


Who did you discuss with him?
About who were you discussing?
Who is the person that you were discussing?
Who were you discussing?

Would it be the first one?

Answer 1

I'd go with C :-)

Answer 2

A, B, and D all need to have "whom" instead of "who." Do you know why?

Answer 3

I was wondering the same thing.....

Answer 4

In A, B, and D, "whom" is needed because each time the word is an OBJECT (direct object in A and D, object of a preposition in B).

Subject form: who
Object form: whom

Compare with "he" and "him." Would you say, "Were you discussing he?" or "Were you discussing him?" (Notice the -m on the object form of both these pronouns.)