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Can I use 'whom' instead of 'who'? Like, "Whom are you going with?"

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Rebecca

You can certainly replace 'who' in this sentence with 'whom' to say "whom are you going with" or "with whom are you going with?" This is because 'whom' refers to the object of the verb here. The main difference between 'who' and 'whom' here is that 'whom' is very formal, and it is not very common to use this word anymore.

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