Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Whoever or Whomever in this sentence

Should this question begin with Whoever or Whomever:




W--- we trust the most is really our master.



Clearly the clause "W-- we trust the most" is in the subjective (nominative) position in the sentence as a whole, followed by "is" and a predicate nominative. However, if "We" is the subject of that clause, it would seem that the objective (accusative) case (therefore "Whomever") would be correct. Our current sloppy and hideously erroneous usage tends to obliterate objective forms ("whom") in most cases, but what is the correct usage?

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