WHAT'S YOUR FUNCTION?

Here it is--the lesson on who and whom. Why it doesn't work with whoever and whomever, I don't know. But for a 100 % of the time grammar constant to work, well, it's unheard of. Except for this.

It involves substituting he for who and him for whom. It involves rewording main meaning and dividing the sentence in two sometimes. Or,for the grammarians, breaking down the main from the subordinate clause.

On to the examples. Who/m called last night? HE called last night. WHO

Who/m would have ever voted for Blagojevitch? He or Would He have ever voted for Blagojevitch? WHO

The man who/m was in the police car was not a suspect. The man was not a suspect. HE was in the police car. WHO

Now it gets a little tricky. Who/whom is it? It is HE. WHO Don't forget the telephone etiquette way.

Johnny, who/whom, we hold in high regard, paid the man's mortgage out of his own pocket. Johnny paid the man's mortgage out of his own pocket. We hold HIM in high regard. WHOM

Who/whom in his right mind would want to attend that dance recital? In his right mind would HE want to attend that dance recital?

You must use every word in the sentence, you must nor distort the meaning. For instance, Jane called who/whom? Jane called HIM. WHOM. Not He called Jane. WHO, because that was not the intended meaning.

Hey, I hope it helps. I know it works. All the time. And you don't have to keep nominative and objective cases in your mind. You don't have to parse or diagram. Just substitute. Or guess---that also works. Half the time.