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[wavedrifter]

"What care should be provided, by whom, and in what setting?"

Please tell me what the subject is in this sentence so I can figure out if I need to use "who" or "whom". Thanks.

I thought my English was good, but writing makes me not so sure!

[lotus]

Hi wavedrifter,

"What" (kind of) is an adjective describing "care". "Care" is the subject. "By whom" and "in what setting" are prepositional phrases qualifying "care." Since "whom" is the object of a preposition, it must be "whom" and not "who."


--lotus

[wavedrifter]

Thank you very much Lotus. I understand!