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[–] [S] 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Correct.
Even in the absence of "to", 'whom' is correct: Whom do I thank.....

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago*

    Oh absolutely, because it’s the object, not the subject, but you do need the “to” for “say” to work well. We’ve basically only got a case system in English in pronouns and it feels a lot more confusing to people than it is.

    Would you say “him?” Say “whom.”*

    Would you say “he?” Say “who.”

    *major exception: people like to use the objective case with “it is,” but that does not flow well with whom- you might call someone up and say “it’s me,” but “whom is it?” is going to hit a lot more people’s ears wrong. (Neither really makes sense for the objective case, but there are incomprehensible exceptions to normal case rules in other languages, I support English getting weird with it)

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