Now, while I think I have come to terms with 'who' and 'whom', I read an article from Oxford Dictionaries that confused me: https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/usage/who-or-whom
This article states that 'the elderly woman' and 'journalists' are the subjects of these two sentences, and thus, 'who' should be used instead of 'whom':
✗ He is demanding £5,000 from the elderly woman whom has ruined his life.
✗ Mr Reynolds is highly critical of journalists, whom just use labels to describe him.
However, I believe they are actually the objects of the two sentences. If I were to replace them with pronouns, they would be in the accusative case.
'He is demanding £5,000 from her [the elderly woman].'
'Mr Reynolds is highly critical of them [journalists].'
Because the two nouns would be in the accusative case, shouldn't 'whom' actually be used instead of 'who', despite what Oxford says? I would like to know if I am missing something here.
Thanks in advance!
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