Improve Your Writing

Table of Contents

1. Why improve your understanding of grammar and punctuation?
2. Punctuation Marks
3. Common Confusions
4. Using quoted material.
5. Other pitfalls and problems
6. Style
7. Exercises
   1. Using the Colon to Improve Style
   2. Using the colon.
   3. Using the semi-colon.
   4. Using the comma 1.
   5. Using the comma 2.
   6. The comma splice.
   7. Separating Clauses
   8. Exercise about conjunctions.
   9. Exercise using the hyphen.
   10. Contracted words
   11. Using the apostrophe 1.
   12. Using the apostrophe 2.
   13. Lists.
   14. Punctuation marks exercise.
   15. Dangling participles exercise.
   16. Who's or Whose?
   17. It's or Its?
   18. There or Their or They're?
   19. To or Too or Two?
   20. Who or Whom?
   21. I or me?
   22. Less or Fewer?
   23. Like or As?
   24. Split Infinitives.
   25. Verb/Subject Agreement.
   26. Using the subjunctive.
   27. Using Numbers.
   28. Punctuation of embedded quotations 1.
   29. Punctuation of embedded quotations. 2
   30. Correcting quotes.
   31. Confusable words 1.
   32. Confusable Words 2.
   33. Confusable words 3.
   34. Consistency of tense.
   35. Common Mistakes.
   36. Run-on Sentences Exercise.
   37. Pleonasm Exercise.
   38. Straying Off The Point Exercise.

Who or Whom?

In this exercise, you will be presented with some sentences with a word missing. You will have to decide whether the missing word should be 'who' or 'whom'. Remember, if you can re-arrange the sentence and put a subject pronoun (I or he) in the space, you should use 'who'. If you can put an object pronoun (me, him) in the space, you should use 'whom'.

1	To _______ did you send that letter? a) who b) whom Well done. You need whom after a preposition. No. You need whom after a preposition.

2	I've no idea _______ was standing by the lamp post when the robbery happened. a) who b) whom Well done. Who is the subject in this sentence. No. Who is the subject in this sentence.

3	_______ did you see lurking around last night? a) who b) whom Well done. 'Whom' is the object in this sentence. No. 'Whom' is the object in this sentence.

4	With _______ will she be going to the ball? a) who b) whom Well done. You need 'whom' after a proposition. No. You need 'whom' after a proposition.

5	I just can't think _______ might have done such a thing. a) who b) whom Well done. 'Who' is the subject of the sentence. No. Who' is the subject of the sentence.

6	_______ has left the fridge door open again? a) who b) whom Well done. 'Who' is the subject in this sentence.No. 'Who' is the subject in this sentence.

7	He would not tell me _______ he saw in the shadows that fateful night. a) who b) whom Well done. 'Whom' is the object in this sentence. 'Whom' is the object in this sentence.

8	We may never know _______ was responsible. a) who b) whom Well done. 'Who' is the subject in this sentence. 'Who' is the subject in this sentence.

Find out more about who or whom.

See a list of other grammar exercises.