1. Tom S. is a cute boy who I want to make out with.
2. Tom S. is a cute boy whom I want to make out with.
2. Tom S. is a cute boy whom I want to make out with.
which is correct?
Tom S. is a cute boy with whom I would want to make out if I swung that way.
How to remember: whom and him both end in "m", and both can fulfill the same role. So ask yourself: would you say "Tom S. is a cute boy, and I want to make out with him", or "...and I want to make out with he"? If "him", then use "whom".
How to remember: whom and him both end in "m", and both can fulfill the same role. So ask yourself: would you say "Tom S. is a cute boy, and I want to make out with him", or "...and I want to make out with he"? If "him", then use "whom".
Another Guest is right, but typically you would say "Tom S. is a cute boy I want to make out with."
I'm not sure I could bring myself to use "whom" and "make out" int eh same sentence; it would kill the mood! ;P
If you are using "who" and it is at all associated with a preposition (to, by, around, with, under, etc.), you change it to "whom". It's silly and, I think, pointless, but it's in the rule book somewhere, and we all learn it in school -- and then usually ignore it in natural speech -- although that's a personal and probably dialectical preference, of course, and I shouldn't generalize.
If you are using "who" and it is at all associated with a preposition (to, by, around, with, under, etc.), you change it to "whom". It's silly and, I think, pointless, but it's in the rule book somewhere, and we all learn it in school -- and then usually ignore it in natural speech -- although that's a personal and probably dialectical preference, of course, and I shouldn't generalize.