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What is the correct usage of who/whom after the first person pronoun "I"?

I ___ am most concerned, was not consulted.

I think it should be who, but I am not sure.

herisson
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Kartik Anand
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    You could stick a , who in to make it grammatical, but most people wouldn't use either. 'I was not consulted, and I am the person this affects the most.' – Edwin Ashworth May 06 '14 at 13:51
  • @EdwinAshworth I don't quite understand what you're trying to say. Can you please elucidate? – Kartik Anand May 06 '14 at 13:57
  • The choice of 'who' here (preceded by a comma, or with no commas in the sentence) makes it grammatically correct. But few native speakers would actually say (or even write) this; my rewrite might fit. – Edwin Ashworth May 06 '14 at 14:01
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    As others have said, the answer is unequivocally who. But for many people it is the am which is problematic, because who am is so rare as to feel "wrong". There's no other choice which seems to work (who is; who are) so people tend to avoid the expression. "I who have ... " is not nearly such a problem. – Colin Fine May 06 '14 at 15:53

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"who" works just fine.

But as Edwin Ashworth pointed out, this sentence is a bit too convoluted. It sounds very gothic and pretentious. People don't talk like that.

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  • They sing like that, though :P – oerkelens May 06 '14 at 14:06
  • @oerkelens Have you got your tense right there? – Edwin Ashworth May 06 '14 at 14:13
  • I daily sing that song, why? :D And the 60s may be long, long ago, but they are not "gothic" :P – oerkelens May 06 '14 at 14:40
  • @oerkelens - sure, but song lyrics aren't necessarily written the way people talk :) There's a certain poetry to it which people don't generally use in day-to-day dialogue. That is why I said "who" works grammatically. You can say it. It's just... no-one would actually say it like that :) – inkieweb May 07 '14 at 05:57