How to Thwart Comcast's BitTorrent Shenanigans > I wonder

I wonder

Who.

reply to S_engineer
The rule is, use "whom" when it's the object of the verb that can't be replaced by "he" or "she.

So, "To whom did you give the gift." Because "whom" is the object of the verb "to give" and you would also say, "I gave the gift to him or her."

Now in your case, "Comcast will have the brains to cross-reference who are business clients." Because you could also say, "cross-reference [if] he/she is [a] business client" or, "cross-reference if they are business clients."

Bottom line is, when the question is who/whom, try replacing the who part with he, she, they. If the sentence works with that replacement, use "who."

Umm, actually no. In this case, you need the pronoun to agree with the subject-verb constructs "are business clients" and "whom are home users"

So, the correct word is indeed who, because you need the word to be the subject to are.
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This is all true but it really depends who's style book you use. I have several here, New York Times, AP, etc.
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reply to School Marm

Brilliant!!!