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■ Neither is permitted to enter the building.
■ Such are the spoils of war.

■ None of these socks match.

10.8 Interrogative Pronouns

The interrogative pronouns are what, which, who, whom, and whose. As you

might guess by their names, these pronouns are used to ask questions, although
they may also have different functions as other parts of speech.

■ What was the name of your first pet?

■ Which do you like better?
■ Who took you to the movies?

■ Whom do you prefer in the primary election?
■ There’s a car in the driveway. Whose is it?

10.9 Whom versus Who

Traditionally, whom is used as the object of a preposition or verb (see section
5.3, Objects).

■ To whom are you speaking?
■ He’s the one whom you met when you toured the campus.

■ I don’t care to whom you gave it.
■ She’s the one with whom I went camping.

However, most speakers of English also use who—usually reserved for the
subject—as the object pronoun in all but the most formal circumstances.

■ Who are you speaking to?

■ He’s the one who you met when you toured the campus.
■ I don’t care who you gave it to.

■ She’s the one who I went camping with.