Grammar Entry 632 / 1011 60-second read

Taller than whom vs. Taller than who

Informal allows WHO; formal uses WHOM.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

Taller than who?

✓ Correct

Taller than whom?

The ruleii

Formal: THAN WHOM. Casual: THAN WHO is fine.

In traditional grammar THAN is a conjunction, but many editors accept it as a preposition here.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

Formal writing = whom.

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