I realise there has been a lot of discussion of who vs whom on these forums, but as far as I can tell none of the previous posts answer my question.  Which of these sentences is (more) correct, and why?   "South American footballers, including the likes of Maradona, Garrincha, and Pelé whom I have met, are coming to the party."  OR  "South American footballers, including the likes of Maradona, Garrincha, and Pelé who I have met, are coming to the party."  Please assume that the writer isn't taking the stance that who should be used all time, but instead wishes to use whom where it would be traditionally appropriate to do so.
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I can never figure out whether I should use who and whom. Most people use who for both colloquially, but some people say this is not correct.  What’s the rule for using who and whom correctly?
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For example, instead of      The guy who is beside me is a jerk     I can say        The guy beside me is a jerk.    It is okay if I don't use the relative pronoun here, either way is correct. But instead of "The guy who sits beside me is a jerk" I cannot say "The guy sits beside me is a jerk." And I cannot say "The people sit beside me are jerks." or "The people sit beside me keep changing." etc.   What is the rule about this? In what situations do I have a chance to not to use the relative pronoun?
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I have come across the phrases like "to which","for which", "by which", "on which" and so on(using a preposition with a relative pronoun).   e.g. The chair on which the body was found..  Could someone please explain if there's a particular rule to be followed when building/using them?   Can I use any preposition before 'which'?  What if I say "The chair which the body was found on"? How would I decide which preposition to be put? Can I use other relative pronouns too?  Thanks in advance.
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I searched the Internet to find which of the following is correct:        Who are we?   Who we are?      And I found that both are used. What is the correct sentence?
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So far I thought the words who and that are usually interchangeable:   There is the man who saw me.  There is the man that saw me.    Both sentences seem fine, who can be replaced with that. But in the following examples:   This is the man to whom I spoke.  This is the man to that I spoke.    The #2 sounds odd, which is why I don’t think it might be correct. The same observation for the words which and that, while   This is the ball which we used today.  This is the ball that we used today.    Seem to be in order and which can be replaced with that. But in the following examples the #2 sounds odd again.   This is the ball with which I scored.  This is the ball with that I scored.    I wonder if there’s any rule regarding the interchangeability of the above mentioned words.
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Possible Duplicate:     Which one is correct? I thought the latter would be correct but apparently the former is always used; why? Edit: Another (confusing) example:
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Is it good English to say "They have just left", when talking about a single person (perhaps someone you don't know the gender of)?  (I am a native English speaker, I'm looking for the view held by lexicographers).
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I know similar questions have been asked before, but I'm having trouble reconciling the following sentence, received in an email:     Can we ask whomever is your contact there to email us a job so we can check backward compatibility?   I could understand using objective case if the sentence were "can we ask (him) to email...", but I get tripped up considering "whomever" to be the subject of "(he) is your contact there".
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I am not sure if the singular or plural forms should be used in the following. Some people go for the plural, but it doesn't seem to have a plural antecedent.     Each month, the school holds a party. This event is / These events are/ successful because it attracts / they attract over two hundred students.   I'd appreciate your help.
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Whose is used for people (e.g. "Whose that girl?"), but is it acceptable to use whose for objects too? Is there another word I should use for objects?  To make the question clearer, when I ask "Whose that car?" I am expecting an answer similar to "It's X's car." where X refers to a person. I could say "a man whose opinion I respect." and whose opinion would refer to the opinion of a person. Could I say "the desk whose drawer was broken by my brother"? Should I replace whose with another word?
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Where did they go?   Where do they went?   Can you please advise which of above forms is correct?  I'm pretty sure that first one is fine but wondering about second one.   Can I use a second form as well or it's incorrect?
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What is the difference between these phrases? When is it valid to use which? Should they be avoided as being ambiguous?
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Someone introduced himself to us.  After that, when we look back and say what he said, which is right to say?     What did he say his name is?      What did he say his name was?   I think the first one is plausible because his name is always XX, but I'm not sure. Please tell me which is allowed.
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Making a comparison with Who/Whom I now have a question about the use of what with prepositions in questions. I'll explain by example:  These two sentences are correct, one is more formal than the other:  Who/Whom     Formal: With whom are you doing that? Informal: Who are you doing that with?   But if I substitute Who/Whom with What, the "formal" one sounds a bit awkward and I'm not sure if it's correct or not:  What     With what are you doing that? What are you doing that with?   So, are those last two questions grammatically correct? Is one more formal than the other?
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In a question like this one, for example,      Who have/has come?    Is the word "who" singular or plural? Or is it both plural and singular?   I have heard it’s plural. Please correct me if I am wrong.
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I often get confused when trying to use who vs that.  Some examples that often confuse me:  That     The person that went to the store.      The people that went shopping.      The persons that went shopping.      The group that went shopping.   Who     The person who went to the store.      The people who go shopping.   Please explain when to use either for plural subjects and singular subjects.  Animate and inanimate objects as well.
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When I was , I stumbled upon the phrase “Who be ye?”. But why is it “Who be ye?” and not “Who are ye?”? The modern equivalent of “ye” would be “you”, wouldn’t it? “Who be you?” would be considered incorrect, whilst “Who are you?” would be perfectly fine.