Direction: Spot the erroneous part, if any, in the following sentences.

He needed someone whom would understand him. 

The correct answer is 'whom.'

Key Points

• “Who” is a subjective pronoun and “Whom” is an objective pronoun.
• “Who” is always subject to a verb, and “whom” is always working as an object in a sentence. 
• If you can replace the word with “he” or "she,” use who.
• If you can replace it with “him” or “her,” use whom.
  • Example: Who would like to go on vacation?
                     I do not know with whom I will go to the prom.
• ​Therefore, the use of 'whom' in the sentence should be replaced with 'who' to make it grammatically correct.
• ​​Correct sentence: He need​ed someone who would understand him.​ ​

 Additional Information 

• A pronoun is “any member of a small class of words found in many languages that are used as replacements or substitutes for nouns and noun phrases, and that have a very general reference,” such as I, you, he, this, it, who, what.
• Types:
  • Personal pronouns
  • Possessive pronouns
  • Relative pronouns
  • Reflexive pronouns
  • Intensive pronouns
  • Indefinite pronouns
  • Demonstrative pronouns
  • Interrogative pronouns
  • Reciprocal pronouns
  • Distributive pronouns

Hinglish

• “Who” एक subjective pronoun  है और “Whom” एक objective pronoun  है।
• “Who” हमेशा एक verb के अधीन होता है, और “Whom” हमेशा एक वाक्य में एक object के रूप में कार्य करता है।
• यदि आप शब्द को 'he' या 'she' से बदल सकते हैं, तो who का उपयोग करें।
• यदि आप इसे “him” या “her” से बदल सकते हैं, तो whom उपयोग करें।​
  • Example: Who would like to go on vacation?
                     I do not know with whom I will go to the prom.
• इसलिए, वाक्य में 'whom' का उपयोग 'who' के साथ प्रतिस्थापित किया जाना चाहिए, इसे व्याकरणिक रूप से सही बनाने के लिए।