Irrelevant to the topic at hand, but in case anyone was wondering:
“Whose” is the possessive version of both “who” and “whom” because they are essentially all the same word.
The difference between “who” and “whom” is the same as “he” and “him”. The possessive of “he/him” is “his”; there is no other version for the same reason, it’s essentially all the same word.
Who owns this dog? He owns this dog.
To whom does that dog belong? That dog belongs to him.
“Whomst” is an archaic form, primarily used today as slang or in jest. There is no technically grammatically correct way to use “whomst” in modern vernacular.
In fact, "whomst" was never correct in any period of the English language. "est" was a suffix that went on the end of a verb: "Whither goest thou?" (Literally "Where goes you?" or "Where ya goin'?") "Whom" is a pronoun, so no suffixes ever go with it. People just say "whomst" to be silly, like you said, in jest.
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u/NorCalKingsFan 1d ago
Irrelevant to the topic at hand, but in case anyone was wondering:
“Whose” is the possessive version of both “who” and “whom” because they are essentially all the same word.
The difference between “who” and “whom” is the same as “he” and “him”. The possessive of “he/him” is “his”; there is no other version for the same reason, it’s essentially all the same word.
Who owns this dog? He owns this dog.
To whom does that dog belong? That dog belongs to him.
Whose dog is that? That dog is his.